Definitions for saprophyte
ˈsæp rəˌfaɪtsapro·phyte

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. saprophyte, saprophytic organismnoun

   an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium

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1. saprophytenoun

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

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1. saprophyte

   Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi (for example Mucor) and soil bacteria. Saprotrophic microscopic fungi are sometimes called saprobes; saprotrophic plants or bacterial flora are called saprophytes (sapro- 'rotten material' + -phyte 'plant'), although it is now believed that all plants previously thought to be saprotrophic are in fact parasites of microscopic fungi or other plants. The process is most often facilitated through the active transport of such materials through endocytosis within the internal mycelium and its constituent hyphae.Various word roots relating to decayed matter (detritus, sapro-), eating and nutrition (-vore, -phage), and plants or life forms (-phyte, -obe) produce various terms, such as detritivore, detritophage, saprotroph, saprophyte, saprophage, and saprobe; their meanings overlap, although technical distinctions (based on physiologic mechanisms) narrow the senses. For example, usage distinctions can be made based on macroscopic swallowing of detritus (as an earthworm does) versus microscopic lysis of detritus (as a mushroom does).

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1. saprophyte

   A saprophyte is an organism, typically a fungus or bacterium, that feeds on decaying organic matter. They play a crucial role in decomposition and nutrient cycling in an ecosystem.

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1. Saprophytenoun

   any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe

2. Etymology: [Gr. sapro`s rotten + fyto`n a plant.]

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1. Saprophyte

   sap′rō-fīt, n. a plant that feeds upon decaying vegetable matter.—adjs. Saprophyt′ic, Saproph′ilous.—adv. Saprophyt′ically.—n. Sap′rophytism. [Gr. sapros, rotten, phyton, a plant.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of saprophyte in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of saprophyte in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=saprophyte
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Saprophyte
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saprophyte
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saprophyte
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=saprophyte
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=saprophyte