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
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epiphyte
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epiphytes

Origin 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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