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Definition of Epiphyte
1. Noun. Plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it.
Generic synonyms: Flora, Plant, Plant Life
Specialized synonyms: Clusia Insignis, Waxflower, Black Moss, Long Moss, Old Man's Beard, Spanish Moss, Tillandsia Usneoides, Aeschynanthus, Hemiepiphyte, Semiepiphyte, Strangler, Strangler Tree
Derivative terms: Epiphytic
Definition of Epiphyte
1. n. An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant.
Definition of Epiphyte
1. Noun. (botany) A plant that grows on another, using it as a physical support but neither obtaining nutrients from it nor causing it any damage if also offering no benefit; an air plant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epiphyte
1. a plant growing upon another plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Epiphyte
1. A plant growing on, but not parasitic on, another plant (often loosely applied to plants, such as orchids, that grow on vertical rock faces). Compare: parasite, saprophyte. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epiphyte
Literary usage of Epiphyte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of a Tour Through the United States, and in Canada, Made During the by Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1843)
"... epiphyte—a very large plant of the arum kind, the Caladium pinnatifidum—a
banis- teria—two species of bombax—and others quite new to me. ..."
2. The Cause and Prevention of Beri-beri by W. Leonard Braddon (1907)
"The agent must be, therefore, some ferment or parasite or epiphyte peculiar to padi.
Sum of Positive Results.—The position so far established, then, ..."
3. Paxton's Flower Garden by John Lindley, Joseph Paxton, Thomas Baines (1884)
"[PLATE 97.] THE PURPLE-STAINED (l^ELIA PURPURATA.) A Magnificent Stove epiphyte,
from ST. CATHARINE'S, in Brazil, belonging to the Order of ORCHIDS. ..."
4. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1838)
"•cucullatum An epiphyte, with small white flowers; growing a fool high; ...
An epiphyte ; growing a foot high ; with white flowers ; a native of India. Bot. ..."
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