holophytic

American  

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

adjective

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

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holophytic British  

/ ˈhɒləˌfaɪt, ˌhɒləˈfɪtɪk /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• holophyte noun

Etymology

Origin of holophytic

1880–85; holo- + -phytic; -phyte, -ic

Example Sentences

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 Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg