Found 2 items, similar to Saprophytic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: saprophytic
saprophytic
adj 1: obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material
2: (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying
organic matter
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Saprophytic
Saprophytic
\Sap`ro*phyt"ic\, a.
Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter;
pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.
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