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Meanings of aerophyte in anglès

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planta epífita

Plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it.

        planta epífita
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        Examples for "epiphyte"
        Examples for "epiphyte"
        1
        Burbidge as being a true epiphyte on the stems of Sphagnum.
        More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 / A Record of His Work...
        2
        One is purely an epiphyte, growing attached to a tree like many of the orchids.
        Tropic Days
        3
        This southeast Asian plant is an epiphyte, meaning that it grows on another tree for support.
        Wicked plants
        4
        Here and there a splash of white or crimson marked the blooming of some trailing epiphyte.
        The Island of Dr. Moreau
        5
        The epiphyte underwent forced growth.
        Zero Point
        1
        The scream of the air plant had faded to an irritating whine.
        Ringworld
        2
        The air plant was radiating waste heat while it had the chance.
        Ringworld
        3
        Again the cabin was filled with the howl of the air plant.
        Ringworld
        4
        He presently realized it was simply an air plant of unusually luxuriant growth.
        As It Was in the Beginning
        5
        The howl of the air plant made speech impossible.
        Ringworld
        1
        Particularly sad will be slow death and loss of veteran ash: age-old coppice stools and pollards harbouring a wealth of epiphytic plants and invertebrates.
        The Guardian
        Usage of aerophyte in anglès
        1
        In this connexion it is noteworthy that so many of the higher forms are adapted as bulbous geophytes, or as aerophytes to special xerophilous conditions.
        Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Andros, Sir Edmund" to ...
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