epiphyte
noun
a plant that grows above the ground, supported nonparasitically by another plant or object, and deriving its nutrients and water from rain, the air, dust, etc.; air plant; aerophyte.
epiphytical
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a word derived from
epiphyte.
Example Sentences
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These diseases are produced by the ravages of minute and very low forms of vegetable life, termed by the botanists epiphytical fungi.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
This rock is clothed with ferns epiphytical Orchideæ, an Arundo, and a few stunted trees are very common at its summit.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
There are more epiphytical Orchideæ on the south sides of these hills, than the north.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
