saprophyte

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsæpɹəʊfaɪt/

Noun

saprophyte (plural saprophytes)

any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria
Synonym: saprobe

Hyponym: myco-heterotroph

Derived terms

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
Polish: saprofit (pl) m, saprotrof (pl) m
Spanish: saprofito (es) m, saprofita (es) f
Turkish: saprofit (tr), çürükçül (tr)

See also

French

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

saprophyte m (plural saprophytes)

saprophyte

Further reading

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

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