photoautotroph
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pho·to·au·to·troph (fō'tō-ô'tə-trŏf', -trōf') 
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n.
An organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances using light as an energy source. Green plants and photosynthetic bacteria are photoautotrophs.
photoautotrophic pho'to·au'to·troph'ic adj.
photoautotrophically pho'to·au'to·troph'i·cal·ly adv.
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