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Re: Second bite

From: "Jane M. Whitehill" <whitehil at mobot.org> on 1997.05.01 at 18:10:55(699)
heterotrophs are like us - organisms that eat other organisms to stay
alive. Plants that make sugars themselves , that is, green plants in
general, are autotrophs.
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On Wed, 30 Apr 1997 SNALICE@aol.com wrote:
> And the meaning of heterotroph?
> I found that "heter" means "different", "not alike", and "trop" means
> "turning towards" as to the sun (I couldn't find "troph"). How does this
> translate? If I had to guess: Such an inflorescence would be unlike others
> since it would not follow the sun's course?
> Sue Zunino
>

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