autophytic

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsautotrophic

   botany

Questions about autophytic

What does autophytic mean?

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

How many syllables are in autophytic?

autophytic has 4 syllables: au-to-phy-tic. The stress falls on "phy".

What is another word for autophytic?

Close synonyms include autotrophic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is autophytic a common word?

autophytic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.