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 and divides as au-to-phy-tic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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?