1) Aerophyte 2) Aeschynanthus 3) Hemiepiphyte 4) Semiepiphyte 5) Strangler
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1) Aerophyte 2) Air plant 3) Ecology terminology 4) Epiphytic plant 5) Flora 6) Plant 7) Plant life
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a plant growing on, but not parasitic on, another plant, e.g. some Orchidaceae. adj. epiphytic
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An air plant that grows off of another plant like a tree trunk or an object like a rock. Basically, epiphytes are plants that do not grow in soil. Many orchids are epiphytes and therefore have aerial roots, which take in moisture and nutrients from the surrounding environment.
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An epiphytic organism.
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• (n.) A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body. • (n.) An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant.
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A plant growing on or attached to another plant but not drawing nourishment from it and therefore not parasitic.
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Also known as an airplant, a plant that grows on another but which obtains no nourishment from it. Various lichens, mosses, ferns, and orchids are epiphytes, particularly on trees. Epiphytes thrive in warm, wet climates.
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A plant that usually grows on another plant and gets its nutrients from the air and water.
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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) ...
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A plant that grows on the surface of another but without taking nutrients from it
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Ep'i·phyte noun [ Greek
'epi` upon +
fyto`n plant, ... to grow: confer French
épiphyte .]
1. (Botany) An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See
Air plant .
2. (Medicine) A vegetable ...
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A plant or lichen growing on a plant.
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A plant that grows on the surface of another but without taking nutrients from it
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An epiphyte is a plant which grows and flourishes on the trunks and branches of trees, adhering to the bark, as a moss, lichen, fern, etc, but which does not, like a parasite, derive any nourishment from the plant on which it grows. Many orchidaceous plants are epiphytes.
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(Gk: epi=upon; phyton plant) a non-parasitic plant growing on trees and possessing aerial roots having the ability to absorb moisture from the atmosphere.
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An air plant, growing on or with other plants but not in any way parasitic.
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A plant which grows on another plant but gets its nourishment from the air and rainfall. They do no damage to the host plant.
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A plant which grows upon another plant. The epiphyte does not 'eat' the plant on which it grows, but merely uses the plant for structural support, or as a way to get off the ground and into the canopy environment.
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aerophyte, epiphyte, air plant 1. An aerophyte is attached to the aerial portion of another plant. Also known as an 'epiphyte', it lives on the surface of other plants but does not derive water or nourishment from them. 2. An aerophyte, or epiphyte, grows on a terrestrial plant and lacks direct contact with soil or water. They get moisture and nut...
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a plant that grows on another plant
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A plant which grows on another plant; usually restricted to those which derive only support (and not nutrition) from the plants on which they grow.
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A plant that grows on the body of another plant, but draws no nutrients from it.
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A plant which perches on or hangs from a tree.
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a plant that grows above the ground, supported nonparasitically by another plant or object, and deriving its nutrients and water from rain, the air, dust, etc.; air plant; aerophyte.
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