Epiphyte synonyms

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air-plant
An epiphyte
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epiphytic plant
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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epiphytic (related)
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bromeliad (related)
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calcicole (related)
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arctic-alpine (related)
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eucalypt (related)
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red-algae (related)
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acid-loving (related)
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aquatic-plant (related)
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lichen (related)
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liverwort (related)
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lime-loving (related)
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xerophytic (related)
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understorey (related)
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Epiphyte Sentence Examples

  • As in the case of epiphytic brown seaweeds, the rhizoids of the epiphyte often penetrate the substance of the supporting alga.

  • In epiphytic forms the rhizoids of the epiphyte often penetrate into the tissue of the host, and certain epiphytes are not known to occur excepting in connexion with a certain host; but to what extent, if any, there is a partial parasitism in these cases has not been ascertained.

  • In order that a Fungus may enter a plant, it must be able to overcome not merely the resistance of cell-walls, but that of the living protoplasm; if it cannot do this, it must remain outside as a mere epiphyte, e.g.

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