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Photoautotroph Uncommon

Origin: Greek prefix photo-

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Definitions
Noun
1

an organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy

See Also
photosynthesis photoautotrophic material source phototroph green synthesize photoautotrophy
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
soph loph toph qoph troph aroph notoph gonoph biotroph syntroph ectoloph mesoloph theosoph morosoph metaloph paraloph polytroph auxotroph mixotroph autotroph
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