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adj. - Of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis.

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  • Rhodophyta are autotrophic, which is an organism that obtains and stores Floridian starch from photosynthesis.
  • On land, an estimated 60 Pg C (60 billion tonnes) is emitted to the atmosphere each year by autotrophic respiration.
  • A number of autotrophic organisms have specialized mechanisms that allow for absorption of this gas into their cells.
  • The frenzied bludgeoning stopped and the bladder weeds sank below the waves, their autotrophic beings temporarily exhausted.
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