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 Meaning of EPIPHYTIC PLANT
|  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte |  |  |  |  | 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 |  |     |    |  |