Associations to the word «Saprophyte»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

SAPROPHYTE, noun. An organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope