necrotrophic
/ˌnɛkrə(ʊ)ˈtrɒfɪk/ /ˌnɛkrə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊfɪk/Plant Pathol.
adjective
Of a plant parasite: feeding on dead tissue.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Phytopathology. From necro- + -trophic, after German Nekrotrophie.
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