SAPROPHYTE

[`sæprəʊfaɪt]

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saprophyte: translation

algae, autophyte, bean, bracken, brown algae, climber, conferva, confervoid, creeper, diatom, fern, fruits and vegetables, fucus, fungus, grapevine, green algae, gulfweed, herb, heterophyte, ivy, kelp, legume, lentil, liana, lichen, liverwort, mold, moss, mushroom, parasite, parasitic plant, pea, perthophyte, phytoplankton, planktonic algae, plant families, puffball, pulse, red algae, rockweed, rust, sargasso, sargassum, sea lentil, sea moss, sea wrack, seaweed, smut, succulent, toadstool, vetch, vine, wort, wrack

saprophyte: translation

n. [Gr. sapros, rotten; phyton, plant]

A plant that lives on dead and decaying organic matter; sometimes incorrectly extended to include animals as well as plants.

saprophyte: translation

(sap\'ro-fit)

An organism that takes up nonliving organic nutrients in dissolved form and usually grows on decomposing organic matter.

saprophyte: translation

Organism that feeds on complex organic materials, often the dead and decaying bodies of other organisms. Many fungi are saprophytic

saprophyte: translation

  an organism which lives off other dead or dying organisms.

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