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epiphyte

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18
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18
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8
Pronunciation
/ˈɛpɪfɑɪt/

Definition of epiphyte

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit.
    “It has been suggested to me that these fine plants will not prove cultivable, because they are epiphytes.[…]The probability however is, that they do not require to be treated as epiphytes, and that, like orchids, they will grow better if committed judiciously to the earth.”
    “The nature of the surface of a plant also determines the number and sort of Epiphytes which lodge on it.”
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noun

  1. A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit.
    “It has been suggested to me that these fine plants will not prove cultivable, because they are epiphytes.[…]The probability however is, that they do not require to be treated as epiphytes, and that, like orchids, they will grow better if committed judiciously to the earth.”
    “The nature of the surface of a plant also determines the number and sort of Epiphytes which lodge on it.”
  2. A fungus that grows on a plant but does not feed upon it saprotrophically (an epiphytic fungus). (The science of detecting and studying any such symbiosis as may be involved in this relationship is still developing.)

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιφύτον (epiphúton, “one [plant] that grows upon another plant”), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”), via epi- (“above, over”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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