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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky