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SAPROPHYTIC ORGANISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does saprophytic organism mean?
• SAPROPHYTIC ORGANISM (noun)
The noun SAPROPHYTIC ORGANISM has 1 sense:
1. an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium
Familiarity information: SAPROPHYTIC ORGANISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
saprophyte; saprophytic organism
Hypernyms ("saprophytic organism" is a kind of...):
being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
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