1) Being 2) Free-living 3) Organism 1) Herbivorous 
a plant that derives its food from decaying organic matter, and has only tubers, no leaves and an erect stem that blooms, hence when seen is only an inflorescence with flowers arising from the ground
• (a.) Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.
Deriving food from dead or decaying organic material in the soil and usually lacking in chlorophyll
Living on dead or decaying organic matter.
A plant (usually lacking chlorophyll) that lives on dead organic matter.
deriving food from dead or decaying organic material in the soil and usually lacking in chlorophyll
Free-living; obtaining all nutrients from non-living sources.
Sap`ro·phyt'ic adjective Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: sap′rō-fit′ik Definitions: 1. Relating to a saprophyte.
a plant that derives its food from decaying organic matter, and has only tubers, no leaves and an erect stem that blooms, hence when seen is only an inflorescence with flowers arising from the ground
[adj] - obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material 2. [adj] - (of some plants or fungi) nourished on dead or decaying organic matter
saprophytic 1. A reference to saprophytes. 2. Designating the type of nutrition characteristic of a saprophyte which includes plants that obtain nutrients from dead or decaying organic matter.
adjective obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material