MEANING
A plant that grows on another plant for support without normally taking nourishment from it.
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- forest epiphyte
- epiphytic growth
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Epiphytes crowded the high branches above the path.
The orchid was an epiphyte, not a parasite feeding on the tree.
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- epiphyte
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular epiphyte; plural epiphytes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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