saprobe

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sap′rōb)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sap•robe  (sap′rōb),USA pronunciation n. [Biol.]
  1. Ecologysaprophyte.
  • 1932; sapro- + (micro)be
sa•pro•bic  (sə prō′bik, -prob′ik),USA pronunciation adj.  sa•pro′bi•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
saprobe / ˈsæprəʊb/
  1. an organism, esp a fungus, that lives on decaying organisms; a saprotroph
    See also saprophyte
Etymology: 20th Century: from Greek, from sapro- + bios life
'saprobe' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
saprophyte - saprotroph

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