autotroph

created by Queequeg
(thing) by Queequeg (4.3 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Mon Nov 06 2000 at 16:23:03
Any organism that can synthesize all its organic substances from inorganic nutrients, using light or certain inorganic chemicals as a source of energy.
Green plants are the principal autotrophs.
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