allotrophic \al`lo*troph"ic\ ([a^]l`l[-o]*tr[o^]f"[i^]k), a.
[Gr. 'a`llos other + trophic.]
(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}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Allotropical