saproxylic

Meanings

Adjective

  • Relating to, or causing, the decay of wood.
  • That lives in or feeds on decaying wood.

Noun

  • Any organism that lives in decaying wood

Origin

  • sapro- + xylo-

Modern English dictionary

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