photoautotroph

photoautotroph
/foh'toh aw"teuh trof', -trohf'/, n. Biol.
any organism that derives its energy for food synthesis from light and is capable of using carbon dioxide as its principal source of carbon.
[1945-50; PHOTO- + AUTOTROPH]

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