epiphyticadj.
/ɛpɪˈfɪtɪk/ 1. Botany. = epiphytal adj.
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the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [adjective] > relating to epiphyte
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1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 264 Of the epiphytic class, one only is found so far north as South Carolina.
1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 197 The nest was hung in a bunch of the Arceuthobium Oxycedri, an abundant epiphytic plant.
1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia xi. 222 Epiphytic orchids.
2. Pathology. Of disease: Caused by epiphytes or vegetable parasites.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > parasitic disorders > [adjective] > vegetable
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1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene 46 Scabies, and the epiphytic affections especially.
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