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Obtaining its food from carbon dioxide, water and inorganic matter; neither parasitic nor saprophytic. An organism that can live on very simple carbon and nitrogen sources, such as carbon dioxide and ammonia. Obtaining food by photosynthesis from carbon dioxide, water and inorganic matter. In biology, organisms able to manufacture all of their own food, as…

A polyploid with three or more sets of chromosomes, all from the same taxon. In genetics, an organism with more than two sets of chromosomes in its body cells, all derived from a single species.  

A plant not dependent on humus but forming its own food from carbon dioxide, water and inorganic matter [unusual term].  

Self-pollinating [unusual term].  

(In nomenclature) the name that is automatically created for the group of taxa containing the type when another subgroup of the higher taxon is proposed (e.g. Senecio sect. Senecio).  

Self-fertilisation after pollinisation by pollen from the same individual.  

Self-fertilisation, when ovules are fertilised after pollination by pollen from the same individual.  

Of the species of a region, constituting the original flora, native. Native or endogenous microorganisms to an area, usually referring to soil microorganisms. Remaining at the site of formation. A blood clot that has not beet carried in the bloodstream from its point of origin is described as autochthonous. Found where developed, as in the…

Dispersal of seeds by the plant itself (e.g. by an explosive mechanism).  

Fruit produced by self-fertilisation [unusual term].