English Explanatory Dictionary

photoheterotroph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

photoheterotroph photoheterotrophs

Etymology

From photo- + heterotroph.

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