Saprophytic (Crossword clue)

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This page shows answers to the clue Saprophytic, followed by 9 definitions like “Relating to a saprophyte”, “A reference to saprophytes” and “Living on dead or decaying organic matter”.


Definitions of “Saprophytic”
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• Living on dead or decaying organic matter
• Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter
• Free-living; obtaining all nutrients from non-living sources
• A plant that derives its food from decaying organic matter
• Obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material
• (of some plants or fungi) nourished on dead or decaying organic matter
• A plant (usually lacking chlorophyll) that lives on dead organic matter
• Deriving food from dead or decaying organic material in the soil and usually lacking in chlorophyll
• Deriving food from dead or decaying organic material in the soil and usually lacking in chlorophyll
• Designating the type of nutrition characteristic of a saprophyte which includes plants that obtain nutrients from dead or decaying organic matter

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