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autophyte

autophyte noun: any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances.

Noun

autophyte (plural autophytes)

  1. Any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances.

autophyte meaning in Tamil

autophyte in Tamil

சுயஜீவி

Forms of autophyte

pluralautophytes

Origin of autophyte

From auto- (“self”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Questions about autophyte

What does autophyte mean?
Autophyte means any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances.
What is autophyte in Tamil?
Autophyte in Tamil is சுயஜீவி. See Autophyte meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is autophyte?
Autophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of autophyte?
The plural of autophyte is autophytes.

Words near autophyte in the dictionary

  1. autophotographs
  2. autophragm
  3. autophragmal
  4. autophragms
  5. autophyllogeny
  6. autophyte
  7. autophytes
  8. autopia
  9. autopiano
  10. autopianos
  11. autopias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autophyte (page history and authors); autophyte (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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