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Saprotrophy vs Saprotroph - What's the difference?

saprotrophy | saprotroph |

As nouns the difference between saprotrophy and saprotroph

is that saprotrophy is saprotrophic feeding while saprotroph is an organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material.

saprotrophy

English

Noun

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  • saprotrophic feeding

    • saprotroph

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia saprotroph) (en noun)
  • An organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material.

    • Synonyms

    * saprobe

    Meronyms

    * mushroom

    See also

    * decomposer