autotrophic
adjective specialized uk/ˌɔːtːəʊˈtrəʊfɪk/ us/ˌɑː.toʊˈtroʊ.fɪk/
（生物）自营的
relating to a living thing that can make its own food from simple chemical substances such as carbon dioxide
autotrophic nutrition 自营营养
Photosynthetic green plants are autotrophic organisms. 光合绿色植物是自养生物。
See: autotroph
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- Researchers say the data support the theory of an autotrophic origin of life.
- Algae are a large and diverse group of simple, typically autotrophic organisms.
- the competition between two autotrophic bacterial species