saprophyte

English

Etymology

From sapro- (“putrid matter”) +‎ -phyte (“plant, growth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæpɹəʊfaɪt/

Noun

saprophyte (plural saprophytes)

1. Any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.

   Synonym: saprobe

   Hyponym: myco-heterotroph

Derived terms

• holosaprophyte
• saprophytic
• saprophytophagous

Translations

organism that lives on dead organic matter

• Dutch: saprofyt (nl) m
• Finnish: marraskasvi, saprofyytti
• German: Saprophyt (de) m
• Hungarian: szaprofita (hu)
• Irish: sapraifít f
• Italian: saprofita (it) m
• Maori: karekawa, karikawa
• Polish: saprofit (pl) m, saprotrof (pl) m
• Spanish: saprofito (es) m, saprofita (es) f
• Swedish: saprofyt (sv) c
• Turkish: saprofit (tr), çürükçül (tr)

See also

• autophyte
• holophyte

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

saprophyte m (plural saprophytes)

1. saprophyte

Further reading

• “saprophyte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.