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epiphyte

noun as in air plant

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But the drawing-room epiphyte is nothing if she is not young—which is synonymous with power to interest and amuse.

Aërides, Saccolabiums, and Vandas seem to be exceptions, as they represent the highest development of the epiphyte.

Here and there a splash of white or crimson marked the blooming of some trailing epiphyte.

This epiphyte, too, is very different in structure from wheat-rust.

One is purely an epiphyte, growing attached to a tree like many of the orchids.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to epiphyte, such as: aerophyte, and epiphytic plant.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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