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phototrophy

phototrophy noun: the synthesis of an organism's food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy.

Noun

phototrophy (uncountable)

  1. The synthesis of an organism's food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy.

Origin of phototrophy

From photo- + -trophy.

Words formed from phototrophy

Questions about phototrophy

What does phototrophy mean?
Phototrophy means the synthesis of an organism's food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy.
What part of speech is phototrophy?
Phototrophy is a noun.

Words near phototrophy in the dictionary

  1. phototrophic
  2. phototrophically
  3. phototrophin
  4. phototrophism
  5. phototrophs
  6. phototrophy
  7. phototropic
  8. phototropically
  9. phototropin
  10. phototropins
  11. phototropism

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