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Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe.

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  1. n. Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe.
  2. n. an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium
  3. Any plant growing on dacayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe.
  4. Any plant growing on dacayed animal or vegetable matter, asmost fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as theIndian pipe.
  5. n. an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium