- 1. (a) (Physiol.) Changed or modified in nutritive power by the process of digestion. (b) (Plant Physiol.) Dependent upon other organisms for nutrition; heterotrophic; -- said of plants unable to perform photosynthesis, as all saprophytes; -- opposed to autotrophic. Source: webster
- 2. Of or pertaining to allotropism.-- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly, adv. Allotropic state, the severalconditions which occur in a case of allotropism. Source: adambom
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