Epiphyte

[epifait]

Definition

(n.) An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant.

(n.) A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body.

Typist: Nicholas

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Air-plant.

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Definition

n. one of a species of plants attached to trees and deriving their nourishment from the decaying portions of the bark and perhaps also from the air.—adjs. Epiphy′tal Epiphyt′ic.

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