AUTOTROPH

autophyte, autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism

(noun) plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

autotroph (plural autotrophs)

(ecology) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.

Synonyms

• producer

Coordinate terms

• heterotroph

Source: Wiktionary



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.

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