1.  saprophytic(a = adj.pert) - obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material;
Derived form noun saprophyte₁

2.  saprophytic(s = adj.all) - (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter;
Derived form noun saprophyte₁

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

saprophytic organism