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

Derived Forms

• holophyte, noun

Other Words From

• hol·o·phyte [hol, -, uh, -fahyt, hoh, -l, uh, -], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of holophytic¹

1880–85; holo- + -phytic; -phyte, -ic

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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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