autophytic plant

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1. plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	flora, plant, plant life,
definition	:	(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion (noun.tops)

derivation	:	autophytic, autotrophic,
definition	:	of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis (adj.pert)

derivation	:	autophytic, autotrophic,
definition	:	of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis (adj.pert)