air plant
- an epiphyte.
- Also called life plant. a tropical plant, Kalanchoe pinnata, of the stonecrop family, having pale green flowers tinged with red and new plants sprouting at the leaf notches.
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Origin of air plant
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Unless it roots in earth it is not a tree, but an air-plant or a cobweb.
A Woman of the WorldElla Wheeler Wilcox
A plant growing attached to another plant, but not parasitic; an air-plant.
air plant
- an epiphyte, esp an orchid of the large Old World tropical genus Aerides, grown for its white scented flowers spotted with red, purple, or rose, or a bromeliad, esp of the genus Tillandsia
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air plant
- See epiphyte.
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