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holophytic
[ hol-uh-fit-ik, hoh-luh- ]
adjective
- (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
holophytic
/ ˈhɒləˌfaɪt; ˌhɒləˈfɪtɪk /
adjective
- (of plants) capable of synthesizing their food from inorganic molecules, esp by photosynthesis
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Derived Forms
- holophyte, noun
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Other Words From
- hol·o·phyte [hol, -, uh, -fahyt, hoh, -l, uh, -], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of holophytic1
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Example Sentences
Contractile vacuoles 1-3, a complex of variable arrangement; pellicle delicate; plastids discoid chlorophyll-bodies; reserves oil; eye-spot absent even in active state; holophytic or saprophytic, though with an anterior blind tubular depression simulating a pharynx.
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It is easy to understand the relation of the saprophytic and the holophytic Flagellates to true plants.
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In the active condition of such coloured holophytic forms there is usually at least one anterior “eye-spot,” of a refractive globule embedded behind in a collection of red pigment granules.
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