autotrophic plant

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• Plant life-form — schemes constitute a way of classifying plants alternatively to the ordinary species genus family scientific classification. In colloquial speech, plants may be classified as trees, shrubs, herbs (forbs and graminoids), etc. The scientific use of …   Wikipedia

• Autotrophic — Au to*troph ic, a. [Auto + trophic.] (Plant Physiol.) Capable of self nourishment; requiring only minerals for growth; using carbonate or carbon dioxide as a source of carbon and simple inorganic nitrogen as a nitrogen source; said of all plants… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• autotrophic — [ôt΄ō träf′ik] adj. 〚 AUTO + TROPHIC〛 making its own food by photosynthesis, as a green plant does, or by chemosynthesis, as any of certain bacteria do: cf. HETEROTROPHIC autotroph [ôt΄ōträf΄] n …   Universalium

• autotrophic — [ôt΄ō träf′ik] adj. [ AUTO + TROPHIC] making its own food by photosynthesis, as a green plant does, or by chemosynthesis, as any of certain bacteria do: cf. HETEROTROPHIC autotroph [ôt΄ōträf΄] n. autotrophically adv …   English World dictionary

• plant — plantable, adj. plantless, adj. plantlike, adj. /plant, plahnt/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that… …   Universalium

• Plant — For other uses, see Plant (disambiguation). Plants Temporal range: Early Cambrian to recent, but see text, 520–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

• plant life — noun (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion • Syn: ↑plant, ↑flora • Derivationally related forms: ↑floral (for: ↑flora), ↑plantal ( …   Useful english dictionary

• autotrophic organism — noun plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances • Syn: ↑autophyte, ↑autophytic plant, ↑autotroph • Derivationally related forms: ↑autophytic (for: ↑autophyte) …   Useful english dictionary

• autophytic plant — noun plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances • Syn: ↑autophyte, ↑autotroph, ↑autotrophic organism • Derivationally related forms: ↑autophytic (for: ↑autophyte) …   Useful english dictionary

• Monoicous — Not to be confused with Monoecious. Monoicous is a botanical term used to describe plants which bear both sperm and eggs on the same gametophyte. Dioicous is the complementary term describing species in which gametophytes produce only sperm or… …   Wikipedia

• au|to|troph|ic — « tuh TROF ihk», adjective. of or having to do with an autotroph; providing its own nourishment: »an autotrophic plant …   Useful english dictionary