11 letters · 23 points in Scrabble
adjective obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material
adjective (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
originEtymology tree English saprophyte Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English saprophytic From saprophyte + -ic.
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