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Definition of Holophyte
1. Noun. An organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis.
Definition of Holophyte
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holophyte
Literary usage of Holophyte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1876)
"And now let us mount the winding stairs and see the illuminating apparatus, or
holophyte, as it is called. The light itself is produced by electric ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It is sometimes necessary to have a term to apply to plants which are neither
parasitic nor saprophytic, and then we use the word holophyte. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"The holophyte requires masses of chlorophyll-bearing cells, or as we commonly
express it, its vegetative organs must be well developed, ..."
4. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1915)
"When these reach the ground and take root, the fig is converted from an epiphyte
into a holophyte, and • henceforth contributes to its own physical support. ..."
5. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1915)
"... a non-chlorophyllous, non-flagellated organism, without nucleus, and with
homogeneous (non- alveolar) protoplasm—the simplest holophyte conceivable. ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the ...by Scientific American, inc by Scientific American, inc (1905)
"It is sometimes necessary to have a term to apply to plants which are neither
parasitic nor saprophytic, and then we use the word holophyte. ..."
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