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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a plant which manufactures its own food, being in no sense saprophytic or parasitic.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis
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