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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.
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
Literary usage of Saprophytic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report (1904)
"A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE saprophytic FLESHY FUNGI KNOWN TO OCCUR IN MICHIGAN.
... Among the most familiar examples of saprophytic fleshy fungi are those ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"The structure of the mycelium and its general behavior are so much like those of
the endophyte occurring in the strictly saprophytic gametophyte of the ..."
3. Report (1900)
"The study of the saprophytic fungus flora in the vicinity of the Agricultural
College was begun in the spring of 1890. first in a rather desultory manner by ..."
4. Laboratory Directions for Beginners in Bacteriology: An Introduction to by Veranus Alva Moore (1905)
"It is desirable to have a definite knowledge concerning the characters and
properties of the commonly encountered species and groups of saprophytic bacteria ..."
5. Diseases of Children by Abraham Jacobi (1910)
"These changes vary in that saprophytic microbes alone, or in combination with
pathogenic bacteria, exert their influence. We will, therefore, first discuss ..."
6. Micro-organisms and Disease: An Introduction to the Study of Specific Micro by Edward Klein (1896)
"THE RELATION OF saprophytic TO PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS.1 THERE is hardly any question
which to the pathologist and sanitary officer can be of greater ..."
7. The Natural history of digestion by Alexander Lockhart Gillespie (1904)
"Indeed, throughout the whole animal kingdom, three chief types of nutrition may
be identified— 1. Vegetal. 2. saprophytic. 3. ..."
8. Report (1904)
"A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE saprophytic FLESHY FUNGI KNOWN TO OCCUR IN MICHIGAN.
... Among the most familiar examples of saprophytic fleshy fungi are those ..."
9. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"The structure of the mycelium and its general behavior are so much like those of
the endophyte occurring in the strictly saprophytic gametophyte of the ..."
10. Report (1900)
"The study of the saprophytic fungus flora in the vicinity of the Agricultural
College was begun in the spring of 1890. first in a rather desultory manner by ..."
11. Laboratory Directions for Beginners in Bacteriology: An Introduction to by Veranus Alva Moore (1905)
"It is desirable to have a definite knowledge concerning the characters and
properties of the commonly encountered species and groups of saprophytic bacteria ..."
12. Diseases of Children by Abraham Jacobi (1910)
"These changes vary in that saprophytic microbes alone, or in combination with
pathogenic bacteria, exert their influence. We will, therefore, first discuss ..."
13. Micro-organisms and Disease: An Introduction to the Study of Specific Micro by Edward Klein (1896)
"THE RELATION OF saprophytic TO PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS.1 THERE is hardly any question
which to the pathologist and sanitary officer can be of greater ..."
14. The Natural history of digestion by Alexander Lockhart Gillespie (1904)
"Indeed, throughout the whole animal kingdom, three chief types of nutrition may
be identified— 1. Vegetal. 2. saprophytic. 3. ..."
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