Saprophyte n. : Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe.

Example:
What are the gametophyte and Saprophyte stages in a bryophyte?

Taxonomy
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Defination from the web:
saprophyte n. An organism, especially a fungus or bacterium, that grows on and derives its nourishment from dead or decaying organic matter ... saprophyte (săp'rəfīt'), any plant that depends on dead plant or animal tissue for a source of nutrition and metabolic energy, e.g., most fungi ...