saprophytic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: sap=ro=phyt=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

saprophytic, a. 

 Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

saprophytic

accompanying, accordant, agreeing, associate, associated, at one with, coacting, coactive, coadunate, coincident, collaborative, collective, collusive, combined, combining, concerted, concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conjoint, consilient, conspiratorial, cooperant, cooperative, coordinate, coworking, harmonious, joint, meeting, parasitic, putrefacient, putrefactive, rotting, saprobic, saprogenic, saprogenous, saprophilous, septic, symbiotic, synchronous, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, united, uniting