Definition of aerophyte Aerophyte
aer•o•phyte
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What does aerophyte mean?
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| aerophyte - plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | ||
| air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant | ||
| plant life, flora, plant (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | ||
| clusia insignis, waxflower epiphytic clusia of British Guiana | ||
| black moss, long moss, spanish moss, tillandsia usneoides, old man's beard dense 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 | ||
| aeschynanthus a plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex | ||
| hemiepiphyte, semiepiphyte a plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life | ||
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- aerophyte (Noun)
An epiphyte.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- aerophyte (n.)
A plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving its nourishment from it; an air plant or epiphyte.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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aerophyte
ā′ėr-o-fīt, n. a plant nourished by the air, as epiphytal orchids and many lichens. [Gr. aēr, air, phyton, a plant.]
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🔤- aerophyte, noun, singular of aerophytes.
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