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holophytic

 

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Adjective holophytic has 1 sense
  1. holophytic - obtaining nourishment as green plants do
    Antonym:
    holozoic

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Holophytic

Part of speech: Adjective

Sense 1: Pertaining to or characterized by holophytism, a type of nutrition in which an organism is capable of producing its own food through photosynthesis.

Example sentence: The green algae is a holophytic organism that can synthesize its own nutrients using sunlight.


Part of speech: Adjective

Sense 2: Relating to holophytic plants or organisms that can produce their own food through photosynthesis.

Example sentence: The holophytic nature of plants allows them to convert solar energy into glucose for their own sustenance.


Part of speech: Adverb

Sense: In a holophytic manner; by utilizing photosynthesis to produce food.

Example sentence: The sunflower efficiently captures and holophytically converts sunlight into energy for growth.


Part of speech: Noun

Sense: A holophytic organism or plant.

Example sentence: The biologist studied various holophytics to understand their ability to sustain themselves without external nutrition sources.


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