| 单词 | epiphyte |
| 释义 | epiphyte (once / 64942 pages) n WORD FAMILY epiphyte: epiphytes, epiphytic USAGE EXAMPLESThe league asked the researchers to conduct an epiphyte survey of redwood communities at the southern end of the tree range. New York Times(Apr 18, 2016) The plant is an epiphyte, meaning it grows symbiotically on a host tree. Washington Post(Feb 16, 2016) Epiphytes have moved in, and thick lichens cling to the walls. Slate(Oct 16, 2015) n plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it Syn|Hypo|Hyper aerophyte, air plant, epiphytic plant Clusia insignis, waxflower epiphytic clusia of British Guiana Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides, black moss, long moss, old man's bearddense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America aeschynanthusa plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex hemiepiphyte, semiepiphytea plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life strangler, strangler treean epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree Clusia major, Clusia rosea, pitch apple, strangler figa common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers Aeschynanthus radicans, lipstick plantepiphyte or creeping on rocks; Malaysian plant having somewhat fleshy leaves and bright red flowers flora, plant, plant life (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
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