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. [1913 Webster]