saprophytic

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adjective

1. obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material
• Pertains to noun:
saprophyte
• Derivationally related forms:
saprophyte
2. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
• Similar to:
herbivorous
• Derivationally related forms:
saprophyte
• Topics:
plant, flora, plant life, Fungi, kingdom Fungi, fungus kingdom