photoautotroph

[ foh-toh-aw-tuh-trof, -trohf ]

nounBiology.
  1. any organism that derives its energy for food synthesis from light and is capable of using carbon dioxide as its principal source of carbon.

Origin of photoautotroph

1
First recorded in 1945–50; photo- + autotroph

Other words from photoautotroph

  • pho·to·au·to·troph·ic, adjective

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Scientific definitions for photoautotroph

photoautotroph

[ fō′tō-ôtə-trŏf′, -trōf′ ]


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