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holophytic

[ hol-uh-fit-ik, hoh-luh- ]

adjective

  1. (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.


holophytic

/ ˈhɒləˌfaɪt; ˌhɒləˈfɪtɪk /

adjective

  1. (of plants) capable of synthesizing their food from inorganic molecules, esp by photosynthesis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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

1880–85; holo- + -phytic; -phyte, -ic
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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.

It is easy to understand the relation of the saprophytic and the holophytic Flagellates to true plants.

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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