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.
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One is purely an epiphyte, growing attached to a tree like many of the orchids.
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This southeast Asian plant is an epiphyte, meaning that it grows on another tree for support.
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Here and there a splash of white or crimson marked the blooming of some trailing epiphyte.
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The epiphyte underwent forced growth.
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The scream of the air plant had faded to an irritating whine.
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The air plant was radiating waste heat while it had the chance.
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Again the cabin was filled with the howl of the air plant.
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He presently realized it was simply an air plant of unusually luxuriant growth.
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The howl of the air plant made speech impossible.
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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.