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Adjective: saprophytic  `sa-pru'fi-tik
  1. Obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material
     
  2. (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter

See also: herbivorous, saprophyte

Encyclopedia: Saprophytic

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