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
Example sentences :
  • 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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