Hypertext Webster Gateway: "saprophyte"
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) 1.7 (wn)
saprophyte
n : an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a
fungus or bacterium [syn: {saprophytic organism}]
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