English adjective: saprophytic | |||
1. | saprophytic obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material | ||
2. | saprophytic (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter | ||
Similar | herbivorous | ||
Domain category | flora, Fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungi, plant, plant life | ||
Antonyms | insectivorous, omnivorous, carnivorous | ||