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Definition of Holophytic
1. Adjective. Obtaining nourishment as green plants do.
Definition of Holophytic
1. a. Wholly or distinctively vegetable.
Definition of Holophytic
1. Adjective. (biology) That can obtain nutrition without the ingestion of food ¹
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Definition of Holophytic
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Medical Definition of Holophytic
1. Wholly or distinctively vegetable. Holophytic nutrition, that form of nutrition, characteristic of vegetable organisms, in which carbonic acid, ammonia, and nitrates are absorbed as food, in distinction from the animal mode of nutrition, by the ingestion of albuminous matter. Origin: Holo + Gr. A plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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