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Saprophytic   Listen
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Saprophytic  adj.  Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.





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... to the absence of chlorophyll, are saprophytic or parasitic forms. Most of them are colourless, but a few secrete colouring matters other than chlorophyll. In size their cells are commonly about 0.001 mm. (1 micromillimetre or 1 [micron]) in diameter, and from two to five times that length, but smaller ones and a few larger ones are known. ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 - "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" • Various


Words linked to "Saprophytic" :   herbivorous, saprophytic organism, Fungi, saprophyte, flora


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