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saprolitic

saprolitic adjective: of or pertaining to saprolite.

Adjective

saprolitic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to saprolite.

Origin of saprolitic

From saprolite + -ic.

Questions about saprolitic

What does saprolitic mean?
Saprolitic means of or pertaining to saprolite.
What part of speech is saprolitic?
Saprolitic is an adjective.

Words near saprolitic in the dictionary

  1. saprolegnious
  2. saprolegnoid
  3. saprolignicolous
  4. saprolite
  5. saprolites
  6. saprolitic
  7. sapromycetophagous
  8. sapromycetophagy
  9. sapromycophagous
  10. sapromyzid
  11. sapromyzids

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