saprophytic

Pronunciation:		`sapru'fitik
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Matching Terms:		saprophytic organism, saprophytism
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adj] (of some plants or fungi) nourished on dead or decaying organic matter [adj] obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material

	Synonyms:	nourished


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Sap`ro*phyt"ic\, a. Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.

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