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epiphyte Definition:
- An epiphyte is a plant that grows harmlessly upon another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, and sometimes from debris accumulating around it. Epiphytes differ from parasites in that epiphytes grow on other plants for physical support and do not necessarily negatively affect the host. An epiphytic organism that is not a plant is called an epibiont. Epiphytes are usually found in the temperate zone or in the tropics . Many houseplants are epiphyte species due to their minimal water and soil requirements. Epiphytes provide a rich and diverse habitat for other organisms including animals, fungi, bacteria, and myxomycetes.
| Epiphyte (n.) An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant. |
| Epiphyte (n.) A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body. |
| air plant / epiphyte / aerophyte / epiphytic plant plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain, usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it |