holophytic

American

[hol-uh-fit-ik, hoh-luh-] / ˌhɒl əˈfɪt ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə- /

adjective

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

holophytic British

/ ˈhɒləˌfaɪt, ˌhɒləˈfɪtɪk /

adjective

(of plants) capable of synthesizing their food from inorganic molecules, esp by photosynthesis

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

holophyte

noun

Etymology

Origin of holophytic

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

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

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 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

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