| Pronunciation: | | `sapru'fitik
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- [adj] (of some plants or fungi) nourished on dead or decaying organic matter
- [adj] obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material
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SAPROPHYTIC is a 11 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | nourished |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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