Usually means: Organism that produces its own food.
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  1. autophyte: Merriam-Webster
  2. autophyte: Collins English Dictionary
  3. autophyte: Vocabulary.com
  4. autophyte: Wordnik
  5. autophyte: Wiktionary
  6. autophyte: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. autophyte: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. autophyte: Dictionary.com
  9. autophyte: Rhymezone
  10. autophyte: FreeDictionary.org
  11. autophyte: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. autophyte: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. autophyte: Merriam-Webster

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  1. autophyte: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (autophyte)

▸ noun:  Any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances.

Similar:
autotroph, autophytic plant, autotrophic organism, holophyte, photosynthesizer, anaerophyte, heterophyte, haplophyte, phytophile, biophyte, more...

Opposite:
heterotroph, consumer

Types:
moss, fern, liverwort, hornwort, mosses, algae, lichens, more...

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Similar:
autotroph, autophytic plant, autotrophic organism, holophyte, photosynthesizer, anaerophyte, heterophyte, haplophyte, phytophile, biophyte, more...

Opposite:
heterotroph, consumer

Types:
moss, fern, liverwort, hornwort, mosses, algae, lichens, more...



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