Definition of Saprophytic

1. Adjective. Obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material.

Partainyms: Saprophyte
Derivative terms: Saprophyte

2. Adjective. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter.
Category relationships: Flora, Plant, Plant Life, Fungi, Fungus Kingdom, Kingdom Fungi
Similar to: Herbivorous
Derivative terms: Saprophyte

Definition of Saprophytic

1. a. Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.

Definition of Saprophytic

1. Adjective. Relating to saprophytes or their life style. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Saprophytic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Saprophytic

1. Feeding or growing upon decaying anomal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saprophytic

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

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