trophic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to nutrition
    • a trophic level on the food chain

WordNet

Troph"ic adjective
Etymology
Gr. nursing. See Trophi.
Definitions
  1. (Physiol.) Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing; as, the so-called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence on nutrition.

Webster 1913