Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, producing, or resulting from putrefaction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing decay or putrefaction.
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- adjective causing or resulting from
putrefaction
Etymologies
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sapro- + -genic
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The vast majority of bacteria, on the other hand, which are ordinarily termed saprophytes, are _saprogenic_, _i. e.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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