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English
Etymology
From German Holosaprophyt, equivalent to holo- (“whole”) + sapro- (“putric, rotten”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Noun
holosaprophyte (plural holosaprophytes)
- (ecology) an organism which is purely a saprophyte.