[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

saprophytic \sap`rophyt"ic\, a.
   feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter;
   pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

saprophytic
     adj 1: obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material
     2: of some plants or fungi feeding  on dead or decaying
        organic matter

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

46 moby thesaurus words for "saprophytic":
   accompanying, accordant, agreeing, associate, associated,
   at one with, coacting, coactive, coadunate, coincident,
   collaborative, collective, collusive, combined, combining,
   concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring,
   conjoint, consilient, conspiratorial, cooperant, cooperative,
   coordinate, coworking, harmonious, joint, meeting, parasitic,
   putrefacient, putrefactive, rotting, saprobic, saprogenic,
   saprogenous, saprophilous, septic, symbiotic, synchronous,
   synergetic, synergic, synergistic, united, uniting

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