Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Living habitually in the light: said of a class of plantcells.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Biol.) Requiring light to live; incapable of living without light.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective biology that depends on light for life and growth

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Examples

  • * an electronic instrument whose sellers claim uses "photobiotic energy" and "deeply penetrating mega-frequency life-force energy waves" to strengthen the immune system and prevent symptoms associated with H1N1 viral infection

    Consumerist 2009

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