ALL meanings of autotrophic
au·to·troph
A a - adjective autotrophic (of organisms such as green plants) capable of manufacturing complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources such as carbon dioxide, water, and nitrates, using energy from the sun 3
- adjective autotrophic making its own food by photosynthesis, as a green plant does, or by chemosynthesis, as any of certain bacteria do 3
- noun autotrophic any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists. 1
- noun autotrophic (biology) Of or pertaining to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy. 1