MEANING
Living on a plant as support or habitat rather than taking nourishment from it as a parasite.
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- epiphytic orchid
- epiphytic growth
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Epiphytic growth crowded the upper branches above the flooded ground.
An epiphytic orchid clung to bark untouched by soil.
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- epiphytic
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a seasonal, material, ecological, or geographic relation; comparison requires a measurable or descriptive basis. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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