e.g. Plants manufacture glucose (organic) from water and carbon dioxide (inorganic).
Au`to*troph"ic (?), a. [Auto- + trophic.] (Plant Physiol.)
Capable of self-nourishment; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism or saprophytism.
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