4. (Bot.) Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting largely of,
sapwood.
Sap"py (?), a. [Written also sapy.] [Cf. L. sapere to taste.] Musty;
tainted. [Obs.]
Sa*proph"a*gan (?), n. [Gr. sapro`s rotten + fagei^n to eat: cf. F.
saprophage.] (Zoöl.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon decaying
animal and vegetable substances; a carrion beetle.
Sa*proph"a*gous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Feeding on carrion.
Sap"ro*phyte (?), n. [Gr. sapro`s rotten + fyto`n a plant.] (Bot.) Any
plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and
some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe.
Sap`ro*phyt"ic (?), a. Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or
vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.
Sap"sa*go (?), n. [G. schabzieger; schaben to shave, to scrape + zieger
a sort of whey.] A kind of Swiss cheese, of a greenish color, flavored
with melilot.