autotroph

Questions about autotroph

What does autotroph mean?

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

How many syllables are in autotroph?

autotroph has 3 syllables and divides as au-to-troph 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 autotroph?

Close synonyms include autophyte, autophytic plant, 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 autotroph a common word?

autotroph 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.