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photoheterotrophic

photoheterotrophic adjective: using light for energy, but requiring a source of carbon other than carbon dioxide.

Adjective

photoheterotrophic

  1. Using light for energy, but requiring a source of carbon other than carbon dioxide.

Origin of photoheterotrophic

From photo- + heterotrophic.

Words formed from photoheterotrophic

Questions about photoheterotrophic

What does photoheterotrophic mean?
Photoheterotrophic means using light for energy, but requiring a source of carbon other than carbon dioxide.
What part of speech is photoheterotrophic?
Photoheterotrophic is an adjective.

Words near photoheterotrophic in the dictionary

  1. photoheliometer
  2. photoheliometers
  3. photohemolysis
  4. photohemolytic
  5. photoheterotroph
  6. photoheterotrophic
  7. photoheterotrophically
  8. photoheterotrophs
  9. photoheterotrophy
  10. photohole
  11. photoholes

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