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Significados de epiphytic plants en inglés

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Non-parasitic plant that grows upon another plant but is not nourished by it.

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        Examples for "epiphyte"
        Examples for "epiphyte"
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        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
        Uso de epiphytic plants en inglés
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        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