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photoautotroph

photoautotroph noun: an organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy.

Noun

photoautotroph (plural photoautotrophs)

  1. an organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy

photoautotroph meaning in Tamil

photoautotroph in Tamil

ஒளித் தன்னூட்டவுயிரி

Forms of photoautotroph

pluralphotoautotrophs

Origin of photoautotroph

From photo- (from the combining form φωτω- (phōtō-) of Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”)) + autotroph, from auto- (from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”)) + -troph (from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”)).

Words formed from photoautotroph

Questions about photoautotroph

What does photoautotroph mean?
Photoautotroph means an organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy.
What is photoautotroph in Tamil?
Photoautotroph in Tamil is ஒளித் தன்னூட்டவுயிரி. See Photoautotroph meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is photoautotroph?
Photoautotroph is a noun.
What is the plural of photoautotroph?
The plural of photoautotroph is photoautotrophs.

Words near photoautotroph in the dictionary

  1. photoassociating
  2. photoassociation
  3. photoassociations
  4. photoassociative
  5. photoattraction
  6. photoautotroph
  7. photoautotrophic
  8. photoautotrophically
  9. photoautotrophism
  10. photoautotrophs
  11. photoautotrophy

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