Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
HOLOPHYTIC
holophytic
(adjective) obtaining nourishment as green plants do
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
holophytic (not comparable)
(biology) That can obtain nutrition without the ingestion of food
Antonyms
• holozoic
Source: Wiktionary
Hol`o*phyt"ic, a. Etym: [Holo + Gr.
Definition: Wholly or distinctively vegetable. Holophytic nutrition (, that form of nutrition, characteristic of vegetable organisms, in which carbonic acid, ammonia, and nitrates are absorbed as food, in distinction from the animal mode of nutrition, by the ingestion of albuminous matter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BARGAIN
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