autotrophic organism

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   plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

   Synonymsautophyteautophytic plantautotroph

   Broaderplant

Questions about autotrophic organism

What does autotrophic organism mean?

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

What is another word for autotrophic organism?

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

autotrophic organism 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.