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obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material

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

obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material

Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.

Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.

Relating to a saprophyte; obtaining nourishment from decaying vegetable matter.

Same as Saprophilous.

Of the nature of a saprophyte.

Of animals or plants, obtaining their nutrition from dead organisms.