epiphyticaladj.
/ɛpɪˈfɪtɪkəl/ Botany.
= epiphytic adj.
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1861 Athenæum 29 June 862 An epiphytical plant..the leaves of which..were filled with pure water.
1880 V. Ball Jungle Life India i. 41 The natives apply the term banda, meaning slave, to all parasitical and epiphytical plants.
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