Epiphyte Definition
ĕpə-fīt
epiphytes
noun
epiphytes
A plant that grows on another plant but is not a parasite and produces its own food by photosynthesis, as certain orchids, mosses, and lichens; air plant.
Webster's New World
A plant parasitic on the external surface of an animal body.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Epiphyte
Noun
Singular:
epiphyte
Plural:
epiphytesOrigin of Epiphyte
From Ancient Greek ἐπιφύτον (epiphyton, “one [plant] that grows upon another plant”), from ἐπί (epi, “on top of”) + φυτόν (phyton, “plant”), via -phyte.
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