AUTOPHYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does autophyte mean? 

• AUTOPHYTE (noun)
  The noun AUTOPHYTE has 1 sense:

1. plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

  Familiarity information: AUTOPHYTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTOPHYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

autophyte; autophytic plant; autotroph; autotrophic organism

Hypernyms ("autophyte" is a kind of...):

flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)

Derivation:

autophytic (of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis)