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saprolite |
sapropel |
saprophagan |
saprophagous |
saprophyte |
saprophytic
| saprophytic organism
| saprophytism
| saprozoic
| sapsago
| sapskull
saprophytic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective saprophytic has 2 senses
CIDE DICTIONARY
saprophytic, a.
Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
saprophytic
accompanying, accordant, agreeing, associate, associated, at one with, coacting, coactive, coadunate, coincident, collaborative, collective, collusive, combined, combining, concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conjoint, consilient, conspiratorial, cooperant, cooperative, coordinate, coworking, harmonious, joint, meeting, parasitic, putrefacient, putrefactive, rotting, saprobic, saprogenic, saprogenous, saprophilous, septic, symbiotic, synchronous, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, united, uniting
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