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HOLOPHYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does holophyte mean? 

HOLOPHYTE (noun)
  The noun HOLOPHYTE has 1 sense:

1. an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesisplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HOLOPHYTE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Derivation:

holophytic (obtaining nourishment as green plants do)


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