epiphyten.

/ˈɛpɪfʌɪt/

Etymology: < Greek ἐπί upon + ϕυτόν plant.

1. Botany. A plant which grows on another plant; usually restricted to those which derive only support (and not nutrition) from the plants on which they grow.

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superplant1626

supercrescence1646

air plant1799

epiphyte1861

strangler1895

1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 385 Mosses, lichens..are termed false parasites or epiphytes.

1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 181 The true epiphytes, like the mistletoe, drawing sap directly from the other plants upon which they fix.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 91/2 The Vanilla is an epiphyte, or air-plant.

figurative.1878 M. Collins & F. Collins Village Comedy II. viii. 91 She, a fragile epiphyte, unable to exist alone, fell into the hands of an adroit unscrupulous villain.

2. Pathology. A vegetable parasite on the surface of an animal body.

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the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > parasite plant

parasite1728

epiphyte1849

hemiparasite1891

xenoparasite1905

biotroph1950

1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 144/1 Gruby detected epiphytes in sycosis.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	epiphyte
释义	epiphyten. /ˈɛpɪfʌɪt/ Etymology: < Greek ἐπί upon + ϕυτόν plant. 1. Botany. A plant which grows on another plant; usually restricted to those which derive only support (and not nutrition) from the plants on which they grow. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > epiphyte superplant1626 supercrescence1646 air plant1799 epiphyte1861 strangler1895 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 385 Mosses, lichens..are termed false parasites or epiphytes. 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 181 The true epiphytes, like the mistletoe, drawing sap directly from the other plants upon which they fix. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 91/2 The Vanilla is an epiphyte, or air-plant. figurative.1878 M. Collins & F. Collins Village Comedy II. viii. 91 She, a fragile epiphyte, unable to exist alone, fell into the hands of an adroit unscrupulous villain. 2. Pathology. A vegetable parasite on the surface of an animal body. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > parasite plant parasite1728 epiphyte1849 hemiparasite1891 xenoparasite1905 biotroph1950 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 144/1 Gruby detected epiphytes in sycosis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1849
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