photoautotroph

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photoautotroph

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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”)).

noun photoautotrophs

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

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@misc{photoautotroph_2026,
  title = {photoautotroph},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/photoautotroph},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}