Definition of Saprophytically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saprophytically

saprolites
sapropel
sapropelic
sapropels
saprophagan
saprophage
saprophages
saprophagic
saprophagous
saprophagy
saprophilous
saprophyte
saprophytes
saprophytic
saprophytic organism
saprophytically (current term)
saprophytism
sapropterin
saprotroph
saprotrophic
saprotrophs
saproxanthin
saprozoic
saprozoonosis
saps
sapsago
sapsagos
sapskull
sapskulls
sapsucker

Literary usage of Saprophytically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1898)
"... out of the latter are formed saprophytically in the fallen leaves a ... also to vegetate saprophytically for countless generations in a torula form. ..."

2. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting, William Henry Lang (1921)
"The fungus derives its nourishment saprophytically from the organic matter produced by the assimilating alga ; it can also send haustoria into the algal ..."

3. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"... has elongated roots without fungal sheaths, a fact which seems to indicate that its nourishment then is derived saprophytically. ..."

4. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"Corallorhiza must also depend upon its fungus, unless it is able to absorb food saprophytically from the humus, a matter that is as yet uncertain. ..."

5. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"Fungi are known (compare DE BARY, 1884) which live as a rule saprophytically, but which still have the power of penetrating living organisms and of taking ..."

6. The Grasses of Iowa by Louis Hermann Pammel, Julius Buel Weems, Carleton Roy Ball, F. Lamson-Scribner, Harry Foster Bain (1901)
"... which live saprophytically outside of the host plants can produce smut diseases." "When the smut was nourished saprophytically longer than a year in ..."

7. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1895)
"Some of these parasites, Cordyceps for instance, can live saprophytically to some extent; these are potential saprophytes. On the other hand, ..."

8. Bacteria and Their Products by German Sims Woodhead (1891)
"... can develop almost as well saprophytically as they can parasitically, or facultative saprophytes, or saprophytes that can develop almost as well ..."

9. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1898)
"... out of the latter are formed saprophytically in the fallen leaves a ... also to vegetate saprophytically for countless generations in a torula form. ..."

10. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting, William Henry Lang (1921)
"The fungus derives its nourishment saprophytically from the organic matter produced by the assimilating alga ; it can also send haustoria into the algal ..."

11. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"... has elongated roots without fungal sheaths, a fact which seems to indicate that its nourishment then is derived saprophytically. ..."

12. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"Corallorhiza must also depend upon its fungus, unless it is able to absorb food saprophytically from the humus, a matter that is as yet uncertain. ..."

13. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"Fungi are known (compare DE BARY, 1884) which live as a rule saprophytically, but which still have the power of penetrating living organisms and of taking ..."

14. The Grasses of Iowa by Louis Hermann Pammel, Julius Buel Weems, Carleton Roy Ball, F. Lamson-Scribner, Harry Foster Bain (1901)
"... which live saprophytically outside of the host plants can produce smut diseases." "When the smut was nourished saprophytically longer than a year in ..."

15. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1895)
"Some of these parasites, Cordyceps for instance, can live saprophytically to some extent; these are potential saprophytes. On the other hand, ..."

16. Bacteria and Their Products by German Sims Woodhead (1891)
"... can develop almost as well saprophytically as they can parasitically, or facultative saprophytes, or saprophytes that can develop almost as well ..."

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