| 释义 |
epiphytous, a. Bot.|ɪˈpɪfɪtəs|
[f. epiphyte + -ous.]
= epiphytal.
1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) I. 385 Regarded by some of our first botanists as an epiphytous fungus, but proved on dissection to be a true gall. 1863Bates Nat. Amazon ii. (ed. 2) 29 The air-roots of epiphytous plants which sit on the stronger boughs of the trees above. |