aerophyten.

Brit.

/ˈɛːrə(ʊ)fʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɛroʊˌfaɪt/,

/ˈɛrəˌfaɪt/

Forms: see aero- comb. form and -phyte comb. form.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: aero- comb. form, -phyte comb. form.

Etymology: < aero- comb. form + -phyte comb. form, probably after French aérophyte (1826 or earlier). Compare Italian aerofito (1829). Compare earlier air plant n.

Botany.

Any of various plants growing without soil and esp. in an elevated place (as certain tropical orchids, bromeliads, etc.), which absorb water from the atmosphere through their leaves. Cf. air plant n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > plant that needs or does not need oxygen

aerophyte1840

anaerophyte1876

1840 J. Timbs Year-bk. Facts 190 [It] appears as an aerophyte in Nees von Esenbeck's valuable appendix to R. Brown's Botan. Schriften.

1858 A. Gray Introd. Struct. & Systematic Bot. Gloss. 522/1 Aerophyte, Air-plant.

1874 R. Brown Man. Bot. Gloss. 601/1 Aerophytes, plants growing entirely in, and deriving their nourishment from, the air.

1909 Geogr. Jrnl. 33 649 (caption) Epiphytes and aërophytes growing on a Jamaica tree.

1954 O. Sitwell Four Continents xiii. 255 The branch itself could hardly be seen for the mass of these [mosses and lichens],..and among them, and out of them, epiphytes and aerophytes sprang, like tufts of feathers or single plumes.

1999 Jrnl. Vegetation Sci. 10 66/2 Communities of aerophytes occur exclusively in hyperarid areas with abundant fog.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aerophyte
释义	aerophyten. Brit. /ˈɛːrə(ʊ)fʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈɛroʊˌfaɪt/, /ˈɛrəˌfaɪt/ Forms: see aero- comb. form and -phyte comb. form. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: aero- comb. form, -phyte comb. form. Etymology: < aero- comb. form + -phyte comb. form, probably after French aérophyte (1826 or earlier). Compare Italian aerofito (1829). Compare earlier air plant n. Botany. Any of various plants growing without soil and esp. in an elevated place (as certain tropical orchids, bromeliads, etc.), which absorb water from the atmosphere through their leaves. Cf. air plant n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > plant that needs or does not need oxygen aerophyte1840 anaerophyte1876 1840 J. Timbs Year-bk. Facts 190 [It] appears as an aerophyte in Nees von Esenbeck's valuable appendix to R. Brown's Botan. Schriften. 1858 A. Gray Introd. Struct. & Systematic Bot. Gloss. 522/1 Aerophyte, Air-plant. 1874 R. Brown Man. Bot. Gloss. 601/1 Aerophytes, plants growing entirely in, and deriving their nourishment from, the air. 1909 Geogr. Jrnl. 33 649 (caption) Epiphytes and aërophytes growing on a Jamaica tree. 1954 O. Sitwell Four Continents xiii. 255 The branch itself could hardly be seen for the mass of these [mosses and lichens],..and among them, and out of them, epiphytes and aerophytes sprang, like tufts of feathers or single plumes. 1999 Jrnl. Vegetation Sci. 10 66/2 Communities of aerophytes occur exclusively in hyperarid areas with abundant fog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1840
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