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Saprophytic

adjective
1.
Obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material.
2.
(of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter.



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... are saprophytic, growing in soil rich in decaying vegetable matter, and these forms are often nearly or quite destitute of chlorophyll, being brownish or yellowish in color, and with rudimentary leaves. The coral roots (Corallorhiza), of which ...
— Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany - For High Schools and Elementary College Courses • Douglas Houghton Campbell


Words linked to "Saprophytic" :   plant, plant life, Fungi, saprophyte, herbivorous, kingdom Fungi, saprophytic organism, flora, fungus kingdom


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