Usually means: Decomposition of organic matter, nutrition.
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▸ noun:  The condition of being saprophytic

Similar:
saprotrophism, saprobism, saprobicity, saprophagy, saprobiology, saprobiosis, pathosymbiont, phagotrophy, hemibiotrophy, copiotrophy, more...

Opposite:
parasitism, predation, carnivory

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Similar:
saprotrophism, saprobism, saprobicity, saprophagy, saprobiology, saprobiosis, pathosymbiont, phagotrophy, hemibiotrophy, copiotrophy, more...

Opposite:
parasitism, predation, carnivory



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