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Definition of Saprophytic

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

2. Adjective. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter.

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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