Usually means: Organism feeding on dead organic matter.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word saprophyte:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. saprophyte: Merriam-Webster
  2. saprophyte: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. saprophyte: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. saprophyte: Collins English Dictionary
  5. saprophyte: Vocabulary.com
  6. saprophyte: Wordnik
  7. saprophyte: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. saprophyte: Wiktionary
  9. saprophyte: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. saprophyte: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. saprophyte: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. saprophyte: Dictionary.com
  13. Saprophyte: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Saprophyte: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. saprophyte: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. saprophyte: Rhymezone
  17. Saprophyte: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. saprophyte: FreeDictionary.org
  19. saprophyte: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. saprophyte: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. saprophyte: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. saprophyte: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. saprophyte: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. saprophyte: Medical dictionary

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Bryological (No longer online)
  3. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  4. Saprophyte: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia
  5. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)
  6. saprophyte: Natural History Terms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (saprophyte)

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

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