Saprotrophic: adj. "Saprotrophic" qualifies an organism called saprobionte (from the ancient Greek σαπρός, sapros, "putrid", and βιῶν, biôn, present participle of βιόω "to live") which is a plant, animal, fungal or bacterial organism capable of feeding on matter dead or decaying organic, sapromass.
The life sciences have long used the term saprophyte (from the ancient Greek σαπρός, phytón, "vegetable") but whose precise etymology is limited to a vegetable ....
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