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HOLOPHYTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("holophyte" is a kind of...):
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Derivation:
holophytic (obtaining nourishment as green plants do)