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(SAP-roh-fite) -- A plant that derives it's sustenance from decomposition of old plant parts. It usally lacks chlorophyl, eg, Corollorhiza.
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| saprophyte |
an organism that obtains nutrition from dead organic matter.
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| saprophyte |
nonpathogenic organism that obtains nourishment from the products of organic breakdown and decay.
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| saprophyte |
A plant that lives on dead organic matter, neither parasitic nor making its own food .
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| saprophyte |
There are herbivores and carnivores, and there are also saprophytes. The saprophyte lives on dead or decaying organic matter, as some fungi do. Many of the bacteria in the compost pile are also saprophytes
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