'Saprophyte' definitions:
Definition of 'saprophyte'
(from WordNet)
noun
An organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium [syn: saprophyte, saprophytic organism]
Definition of 'Saprophyte'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'saprophyte'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- algae,
- autophyte,
- bean,
- bracken,
- brown algae,
- climber,
- conferva,
- confervoid,
- creeper,
- diatom,
- fern,
- fruits and vegetables,
- fucus,
- fungus,
- grapevine,
- green algae,
- gulfweed,
- herb,
- heterophyte,
- ivy,
- kelp,
- legume,
- lentil,
- liana,
- lichen,
- liverwort,
- mold,
- moss,
- mushroom,
- parasite,
- parasitic plant,
- pea,
- perthophyte,
- phytoplankton,
- planktonic algae,
- plant families,
- puffball,
- pulse,
- red algae,
- rockweed,
- rust,
- sargasso,
- sargassum,
- sea lentil,
- sea moss,
- sea wrack,
- seaweed,
- smut,
- succulent,
- toadstool,
- vetch,
- vine,
- wort,
- wrack