saprophyte

saprophyte
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • saprophyte — [ saprɔfit ] adj. et n. m. • 1875; de sapro et phyte 1 ♦ Biol. Qui tire les substances qui lui sont nécessaires des matières organiques en décomposition. Champignons saprophytes. 2 ♦ Méd. Germe saprophyte, qui vit dans l organisme sans être… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • saprophyte — 1875, from Gk. sapros “putrid” + phyton “plant” (see PHYTO (Cf. phyto )) …   Etymology dictionary

  • saprophyte — ► NOUN Biology ▪ a plant, fungus, or micro organism that lives on decaying matter. DERIVATIVES saprophytic adjective. ORIGIN from Greek sapros putrid + phuton plant …   English terms dictionary

  • saprophyte — [sap′rə fīt΄] n. [ SAPRO + PHYTE] any organism that lives on dead or decaying organic matter, as some fungi and bacteria saprophytic [sap′rəfit′ik] adj …   English World dictionary

  • Saprophyte — Un organisme est dit saprophyte (σαπρός sapros: décomposé, φῠτόν phuton: plante) s il est capable de se nourrir de matière organique non vivante par l intermédiaire d une membrane, suite à une réaction enzymatique libérant les nutriments présents …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Saprophyte (médecine) — Saprophyte Un organisme est dit saprophyte (σαπρός pourri, φῠτό plante) s il est capable de se nourrir de matière organique en décomposition. En biologie, les êtres vivants qui se nourrissent activement (ingestion et non absorption) de matières… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • saprophyte — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1870 a saprophytic organism …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • saprophyte — n. [Gr. sapros, rotten; phyton, plant] A plant that lives on dead and decaying organic matter; sometimes incorrectly extended to include animals as well as plants …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • saprophyte — (sap ro fit) An organism that takes up nonliving organic nutrients in dissolved form and usually grows on decomposing organic matter …   Dictionary of microbiology

  • saprophyte — Organism that feeds on complex organic materials, often the dead and decaying bodies of other organisms. Many fungi are saprophytic …   Dictionary of molecular biology

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