| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
producer (prəˈdjuːsə) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that produces |
| 2. | (Brit) a person responsible for the artistic direction of a play, including interpretation of the script, preparation of the actors, and overall design |
| 3. | (US), (Canadian) a person who organizes the stage production of a play, including the finance, management, etc |
| 4. | Compare director the person who takes overall administrative responsibility for a film or television programme |
| 5. | the person who supervises the arrangement, recording, and mixing of a record |
| 6. | economics Compare consumer a person or business enterprise that generates goods or services for sale |
| 7. | chem an apparatus or plant for making producer gas |
| 8. | (often plural) ecology consumer See also decomposer an organism, esp a green plant, that builds up its own tissues from simple inorganic compounds |
producer pro·duc·er (prə-d&oomacr;'sər, -dy&oomacr;'-, prō-)
n.
A photosynthetic green plant or chemosynthetic bacterium, constituting the first trophic level in a food chain; an autotrophic organism.
producer (prə-d 'sər) Pronunciation Key
An autotrophic organism that serves as a source of food for other organisms in a food chain. Producers include green plants, which produce food through photosynthesis, and certain bacteria that are capable of converting inorganic substances into food through chemosynthesis. Compare consumer. |