English Explanatory Dictionary

saprotroph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An organism that lives off dead or decaying organic material by secreting enzymes into it and then absorbing its nutrients.

Word forms

saprotroph saprotrophs

Etymology

From sapro- + -troph.

Derived words

saprotrophic
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