Thesaurus: saprophytic

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1. a. Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.
2. adj. obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material
3. adj. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
4. Feeding or growing upon decaying anomal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.
5. Feeding or growing upon decaying anomal or vegetable matter;pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.
6. a. obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material s. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter