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epiphytic plant

noun

plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it

• Syn: ↑air plant, ↑epiphyte, ↑aerophyte

• Derivationally related forms: ↑epiphytic (for: ↑epiphyte)

• Hypernyms: ↑plant, ↑flora, ↑plant life

• Hyponyms:

↑waxflower, ↑Clusia insignis, ↑Spanish moss, ↑old man's beard, ↑black moss, ↑long moss, ↑Tillandsia usneoides, ↑aeschynanthus, ↑hemiepiphyte, ↑semiepiphyte, ↑strangler, ↑strangler tree

Useful english dictionary. 2012.