Associations to the word «Autotroph»

Wiktionary

AUTOTROPH, noun. (ecology) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.

Dictionary definition

AUTOTROPH, noun. Plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats