Epiphyte

Definition of Epiphyte

Ep´i`phyte
n.1.(Bot.) An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant.
2.(Med.) A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body.

Related Words

aerophyte, aeschynanthus, air plant, black moss, Clusia insignis, epiphytic plant, flora, hemiepiphyte, long moss, old man's beard, plant, plant life, semiepiphyte, Spanish moss, strangler, strangler tree, Tillandsia usneoides, waxflower
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