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