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saprobe

American  
[sap-rohb] / ˈsæp roʊb /

noun

Biology.

  1. saprophyte.

saprobe British  
/ ˈsæprəʊb /

noun

  1. an organism, esp a fungus, that lives on decaying organisms; a saprotroph See also saprophyte

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Other Word Forms

  • saprobic adjective
  • saprobically adverb

Etymology

Origin of saprobe

First recorded in 1932; sapro- + (micro)be

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