saprophytic
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- Pertaining to or of the nature of saprophytes; growing on decaying vegetable matter. See
Perisporiaceæ . …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com) - In zoology, engendered or growing in putrid infusions, as one of numberless infusorial animalcules; saprogenous: opposed to holophytic. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes. adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
- Relating to
saprophytes or their life style. adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com) - obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material adjective …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
- (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter adjective …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
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Etymology
- 1872; see saprophyte + -ic.1872
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- saprotrofiaCatalan
- saprotrofiaGalician
- saprofitIndonesian
- saprotrofiSwedish
- сапротрофиSerbian
- 腐生Chinese
- تغذية ترمميةArabic
- saprofitna ishranaBosnian
- nutrición saprotróficaSpanish
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