1
[ adjective ] obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material

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saprophyte

2
[ adjective ] (of some plants or fungi) nourished on dead or decaying organic matter

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plant Fungi nourished herbivorous

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saprophyte saprobic saprophagous sapropel

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