Definition of Holophytes

1. holophyte [n] - See also: holophyte

Lexicographical Neighbors of Holophytes

holonymous
holonyms
holonymy
holoparasite
holoparasites
holoparasitic
holopelagic
holophanerous
holophotal
holophote
holophotes
holophrasis
holophrastic
holophrastically
holophyte
holophytes (current term)
holophytic
holoplankton
holoplanktonic
holoprosencephalies
holoprotein
holoptic
holorachischisis
holoreceptor
holoreceptors
holorhinal
holorhyme
holorhymes
holos

Literary usage of Holophytes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"When it is desired to contrast holophytes with both parasites and ... All holophytes are green in color, although in many this is concealed by other ..."

2. A Treatise on the British Freshwater Algae by George Stephen West (1904)
"Almost all Algae are holophytes; that is to say, they are themselves able to elaborate organic material from the mineral and other inorganic substances ..."

3. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1902)
"C. Biology, under the headings of Light, Temperature, Nutrition, Tropism, Classification according to Biology, Parasitism, Symbiosis, holophytes, ..."

4. Lessons in elementary biology by Thomas Jeffery Parker (1905)
"Besides holophytes and saprophytes there are included among Bacteria many parasites, that is, species which feed not on decomposing but on living organisms. ..."

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