Meaning of AIR PLANT
| Pronunciation: | | ehr plant
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| | Definition: | | [n] plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it |
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| | Synonyms: | | aerophyte, epiphyte, epiphytic plant |
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| | See Also: | | aeschynanthus, black moss, Clusia insignis, flora, hemiepiphyte, long moss, old man's beard, plant, plant life, semiepiphyte, Spanish moss, strangler, strangler tree, Tillandsia usneoides, waxflower | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Air" plant`\ (Bot.)
A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an
a["e]rophyte.
Note: The ``Florida moss'' ({Tillandsia}), many tropical
orchids, and most mosses and lichens are air plants.
Those which are lodged upon trees, but not parasitic on
them, are epiphytes.
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