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Definition of Saprophytes
1. saprophyte [n] - See also: saprophyte
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saprophytes
Literary usage of Saprophytes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"saprophytes in water, on the bark of trees, and on rocks.—saprophytes in the
humus of woods, meadows, and moors.—Special relations between saprophytes and ..."
2. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Resemblances to saprophytes. Organs of absorption : haustoria. ... They are four
in number—lianes, epiphytes, saprophytes, parasites. ..."
3. Botany for High Schools by George Francis Atkinson (1912)
"Humus saprophytes.—Humus is composed of organic matter, largely plant remains
... As stated in the second paragraph of this chapter, saprophytes are plants ..."
4. Agricultural Botany, Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1913)
"Mode of Life : saprophytes and Parasites. —On account of the absence of chlorophyll
and chloroplasts, fungi are unable to manufacture the complex carbon ..."
5. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1920)
"(1) saprophytes. The bacteria found in the sputum are very numerous and under
normal conditions are purely saprophytic. We may even at times find many truly ..."
6. Botany for High Schools by George Francis Atkinson (1910)
"Humus saprophytes.—Humus is composed of organic matter, largely plant remains
... As stated in the opening paragraph of this chapter, saprophytes are plants ..."
7. Physiological Botany by George Lincoln Goodale (1885)
"True parasites obtain their nourishment from living organisms, whereas humus-plants,
or saprophytes, live upon the structures of dead ones. ..."
8. Botany for High Schhools by George Francis Atkinson (1912)
"Humus saprophytes.—Humus is composed of organic matter, largely plant remains
... As stated in the second paragraph of this chapter, saprophytes are plants ..."
9. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"saprophytes in water, on the bark of trees, and on rocks.—saprophytes in the
humus of woods, meadows, and moors.—Special relations between saprophytes and ..."
10. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Resemblances to saprophytes. Organs of absorption : haustoria. ... They are four
in number—lianes, epiphytes, saprophytes, parasites. ..."
11. Botany for High Schools by George Francis Atkinson (1912)
"Humus saprophytes.—Humus is composed of organic matter, largely plant remains
... As stated in the second paragraph of this chapter, saprophytes are plants ..."
12. Agricultural Botany, Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1913)
"Mode of Life : saprophytes and Parasites. —On account of the absence of chlorophyll
and chloroplasts, fungi are unable to manufacture the complex carbon ..."
13. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1920)
"(1) saprophytes. The bacteria found in the sputum are very numerous and under
normal conditions are purely saprophytic. We may even at times find many truly ..."
14. Botany for High Schools by George Francis Atkinson (1910)
"Humus saprophytes.—Humus is composed of organic matter, largely plant remains
... As stated in the opening paragraph of this chapter, saprophytes are plants ..."
15. Physiological Botany by George Lincoln Goodale (1885)
"True parasites obtain their nourishment from living organisms, whereas humus-plants,
or saprophytes, live upon the structures of dead ones. ..."
16. Botany for High Schhools by George Francis Atkinson (1912)
"Humus saprophytes.—Humus is composed of organic matter, largely plant remains
... As stated in the second paragraph of this chapter, saprophytes are plants ..."
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