Synonyms for "saprophyte" (65 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

algaeamebicamoebaautophytebacteriabeanbrackenbrown algaeclimberconfervaconfervoidcreeperdiatom

Strong matches (20)

fernfruits and vegetablesfucusfungusgermgrapevinegreen algaegulfweedherbheterophyteivykelplegumelentillianalichenliverwortmicroorganismmoldmoss

Related words (32)

mouldmouldermouldymushroomparasiteparasitic plantpeaperthophytephytoplanktonplanktonic algaeplant familiespuffballpulsered algaerockweedrustsaprobesargassosargassumsea lentil

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sea mosssea wrackseaweedsmutsucculenttoadstoolvetchvinewortwrack

Noun(2 words)

saprobesaprophytic organism

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

beingorganism

Synonyms

1 entries

saprobe

Related terms

2 entries

autophyteholophyte

derived

5 entries

holosaprophytesaprophyticsaprophytismsaprophytophagoussemisaprophyte

is a

2 entries

organismsaprotroph

related to

7 entries

autophytebacteriadeadfungiholophyteorganicorganism

Translations

16 translations across 11 languages.

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Dutch

1 entries

• saprofyt noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)

Finnish

2 entries

• marraskasvi noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)
• saprofyytti noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)

German

1 entries

• Saprophyt noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)

Hungarian

1 entries

• szaprofita noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)

Irish

1 entries

• sapraifít noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)

Italian

1 entries

• saprofita noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)

Māori

2 entries

• karekawa noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)
• karikawa noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)

Polish

2 entries

• saprofit noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)
• saprotrof noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)

Spanish

2 entries

• saprofita noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)
• saprofito noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)

Swedish

1 entries

• saprofyt noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)

Turkish

2 entries

• saprofit noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)
• çürükçül noun (organism that lives on dead organic matter)

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