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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Saprophyte

· Sap·ro·phyte · IPA /ˈsæpɹəʊfaɪt/
01 n. Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe.
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    Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe.(Bot.)