Trophic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trophic \Troph"ic\, a. [Gr. ? nursing. See {Trophi}.] (Physiol.)
     Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing; as,
     the so-called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence
     on nutrition.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trophic
       adj : of or relating to nutrition; "a trophic level on the food
             chain"