'Saprophytic' definitions:
Definition of 'saprophytic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material
adjective
(of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
Definition of 'Saprophytic'
From: GCIDE
- Saprophytic \Sap`ro*phyt"ic\, a. Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'saprophytic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accompanying,
- accordant,
- agreeing,
- associate,
- associated,
- at one with,
- coacting,
- coactive,
- coadunate,
- coincident,
- collaborative,
- collective,
- collusive,
- combined,
- combining,
- concerted,
- concomitant,
- concordant,
- concurrent,
- concurring,
- conjoint,
- consilient,
- conspiratorial,
- cooperant,
- cooperative,
- coordinate,
- coworking,
- harmonious,
- joint,
- meeting,
- parasitic,
- putrefacient,
- putrefactive,
- rotting,
- saprobic,
- saprogenic,
- saprogenous,
- saprophilous,
- septic,
- symbiotic,
- synchronous,
- synergetic,
- synergic,
- synergistic,
- united,
- uniting