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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Saprophytic

· Sap·ro·phyt·ic · IPA
01 a. Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.
  1. 1.
    Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.