saprophyten.

/ˈsaprəʊfʌɪt/

Etymology: < Greek σαπρός putrid + ϕυτόν plant: see -phyte comb. form.

Any vegetable organism that lives on decayed organic matter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > that lives on organic matter

saprophyte1875

holosaprophyte1890

hemisaprophyte1895

1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 691/1 There are other degraded allies of green plants, which are content to work up again the imperfectly broken down products of decay. Such plants are termed Saprophytes.

1882 S. Walpole & Huxley in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXII. 332 The common moulds,..which are habitually saprophytes (that is to say, live on decaying organic matter).

Derivatives

saˈprophytal adj. B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms1900.

saprophytic adj. /-ˈfɪtɪk/ of or relating to saprophytes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [adjective] > living on organic matter or lacking chlorophyll

saprophytic1882

achlorophyllous1889

holosaprophytic1895

1882 H. M. Ward in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Jan. 2 The appearance of various saprophytic fungi on the old shrivelled spot indicates the completion of the destruction.

1887 H. E. F. Garnsey tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi 356 Species of purely and strictly saprophytic..mode of life.

1898 T. C. Allbutt Syst. Med. V. 257 The fungus being merely saprophytic.

saproˈphytically adv. after the manner of saprophytes.

ΚΠ

1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 3 Dec. 1509 All the known parasitic bacterial species (with the exception of the leprosy bacilli)..can thrive also saprophytically.

saˈprophytism n. the state of living as a saprophyte.

ΚΠ

1890 B. A. Whitelegge Hygiene & Public Health x. 227 Cultivation in non-living media, that is, a form of saprophytism, is [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	saprophyte
释义	saprophyten. /ˈsaprəʊfʌɪt/ Etymology: < Greek σαπρός putrid + ϕυτόν plant: see -phyte comb. form. Any vegetable organism that lives on decayed organic matter. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > that lives on organic matter saprophyte1875 holosaprophyte1890 hemisaprophyte1895 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 691/1 There are other degraded allies of green plants, which are content to work up again the imperfectly broken down products of decay. Such plants are termed Saprophytes. 1882 S. Walpole & Huxley in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXII. 332 The common moulds,..which are habitually saprophytes (that is to say, live on decaying organic matter). Derivatives saˈprophytal adj. B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms1900. saprophytic adj. /-ˈfɪtɪk/ of or relating to saprophytes. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [adjective] > living on organic matter or lacking chlorophyll saprophytic1882 achlorophyllous1889 holosaprophytic1895 1882 H. M. Ward in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Jan. 2 The appearance of various saprophytic fungi on the old shrivelled spot indicates the completion of the destruction. 1887 H. E. F. Garnsey tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi 356 Species of purely and strictly saprophytic..mode of life. 1898 T. C. Allbutt Syst. Med. V. 257 The fungus being merely saprophytic. saproˈphytically adv. after the manner of saprophytes. ΚΠ 1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 3 Dec. 1509 All the known parasitic bacterial species (with the exception of the leprosy bacilli)..can thrive also saprophytically. saˈprophytism n. the state of living as a saprophyte. ΚΠ 1890 B. A. Whitelegge Hygiene & Public Health x. 227 Cultivation in non-living media, that is, a form of saprophytism, is [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1875
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