autophytic plant

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   plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

   Synonymsautophyteautotrophautotrophic organism

   Broaderplant

Questions about autophytic plant

What does autophytic plant mean?

autophytic plant means "plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances".

What is another word for autophytic plant?

Close synonyms include autophyte, autotroph, autotrophic organism. 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 plant a common word?

autophytic plant 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.