💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Phototrophy"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| autotrophynoun | (biology) The synthesis of food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy |
| photoautotrophnoun | (biochemistry, organic chemistry) an organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy |
| photoheterotrophynoun | (biology) The generation of biological energy from light, together with organic compounds and / or carbon dioxide |
| photoautotrophismnoun | (biology) autotrophism that uses light as a source of energy |
| photobiosynthesisnoun | (biochemistry) biosynthesis that is induced or regulated by light |
| photolithoautotrophynoun | The condition of being a photolithoautotroph. |
| photoautotrophynoun | The condition of being a photoautotroph. |
| photolithoautotrophnoun | Any autotrophic organism that uses light energy and an inorganic electron donor and carbon dioxide as its carbon source. |
| autotrophnoun | (ecology) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy. |
| photoorganotrophnoun | (biology) a simple organism, such as a protozoan, that derives its energy from photosynthesis and organic compounds |
| photolithotrophnoun | A lithotroph that obtains energy from light and therefore uses inorganic electron donors only to fuel biosynthetic reactions. |
| photoorganoheterotrophnoun | (biology) An organoheterotroph that also obtains energy from light |
| phototrophismnoun | (botany) Alternative spelling of phototropism. [(biology) The movement of a plant towards or away from light.] |
| organotrophynoun | (biology) The condition of an organism obtaining its energy from organic compounds. |
| chemotrophynoun | (biology) The synthesis of an organism's energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment. |
| mixotrophynoun | (biology) The derivation of metabolic energy from a combination of photosynthesis and an external energy source. |
| chlorophototrophynoun | phototrophy that employs chlorophyll |
| photosynthesisnoun | Principally, oxygenic photosynthesis, any process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy. |
| lithoautotrophynoun | (biology) A form of chemoautotrophy in which organisms utilise energy from minerals and other inorganic material |
| photoheterotrophnoun | A heterotrophic organism that uses light for energy but cannot use carbon dioxide as its sole carbon source and thus uses organic compounds from the environment. |
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