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epiphytic, a.|ɛpɪˈfɪtɪk|
[f. as prec. + -ic.]
1. Bot. = epiphytal.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 264 Of the epiphytic class, one only is found so far north as South Carolina. 1874Coues Birds N.W. 197 The nest was hung in a bunch of the Arceuthobium Oxycedri, an abundant epiphytic plant. 1879Wallace Australasia xi. 222 Epiphytic orchids.
2. Path. Of disease: Caused by epiphytes or vegetable parasites.
1869E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 63 Scabies, and the epiphytic affections especially. |