Meaning Of The Word Autotrophic

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autotrophic in American English
making its own food by photosynthesis, as a green plant does, or by chemosynthesis, as any of certain bacteria do

autotrophic in British English
adjective: (of organisms such as green plants) capable of manufacturing complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources such as carbon dioxide, water, and nitrates, using energy from the sun

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