saprophytic organism

1. 1.

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

   Synonymssaprophyte

   Broaderorganism

Questions about saprophytic organism

What does saprophytic organism mean?

saprophytic organism means "an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium".

What is another word for saprophytic organism?

Close synonyms include saprophyte. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is saprophytic organism a common word?

saprophytic organism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.