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saprophyte |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Saprophyte \Sap"ro*phyte\, n. [Gr. sapro`s rotten + fyto`n a plant.] (Bot.) Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: saprophyte n : an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium [syn: {saprophytic organism}]
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