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AUTOTROPHIC PLANT [2 records]

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Record 1 2007-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
CONT

Autotrophic plants ... which make up a large proportion of the plants we see - rely almost completely on light for their organic and much of their inorganic nutrition. So, for them, light is essential, and prolonged darkness is deadly.

OBS

autotrophic : refers to an organism that [synthetizes] its own food (eg. plants and algae).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
CONT

[La] chlorophylle [est une] molécule présente dans les chloroplastes des végétaux autotrophes et qui est la base des réactions photosynthétiques (= assimilation chlorophyllienne, permettant aux végétaux de transformer en matière organique le carbone contenu dans le gaz carbonique de l'air, ou de l'eau).

OBS

autotrophe : désigne un organisme capable de [synthétiser] sa propre nourriture (par exemple les plantes et les algues).

OBS

Seuls les végétaux chlorophylliens sont autotrophes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
OBS

autotrophic plant: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • autotrophic plants

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Plantes autotrophes : Plantes tirant entièrement leur subsistance d'éléments minéraux.

OBS

Par opposition aux plantes hétérotrophes (ou allotrophes) : saprophytes et parasites, et aux plantes mixotrophes (non entièrement indépendantes) : hémisaprophytes, hémiparasites, symbiotiques, carnivores.

OBS

plante autotrophe : terme généralement utilisé collectivement au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • plantes autotrophes

Spanish

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