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Synonyms for epiphyte
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ep-uh-fahyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛp əˌfaɪt |
Définition of epiphyte
Origin :- 1816 (implied in epiphytous), from epi- "upon" + -phyte "plant."
- As in air plant : noun plant getting nutrients from air
- This epiphyte, too, is very different in structure from wheat-rust.
- Extract from : « Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation » by James Buckman
- One is purely an epiphyte, growing attached to a tree like many of the orchids.
- Extract from : « Tropic Days » by E. J. Banfield
- Epiphyte, a plant growing on another plant, but not nourished by it, 36.
- Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray
- Here occurred the only Epiphyte observed during the expedition.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- The same difficulty may have existed in the case of the herbaceous Miadesmia, if, as Miss Benson conjectures, it was an epiphyte.
- Extract from : « Darwin and Modern Science » by A.C. Seward and Others
- Aërides, Saccolabiums, and Vandas seem to be exceptions, as they represent the highest development of the epiphyte.
- Extract from : « Orchids » by James O'Brien
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