epiphyte
A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no…A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit.
Meaning
2 sensesA plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit.
Aufsitzerpflanze, Epiphyt
plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
A fungus that grows on a plant but does not feed upon it saprotrophically (an epiphytic fungus). (The science of detecting and studying any such symbiosis as may be involved in this relationship is still developing.)
Translations
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Origin
From Ancient Greek ἐπιφύτον (epiphúton, “one [plant] that grows upon another plant”), fromFrom Ancient Greek ἐπιφύτον (epiphúton, “one [plant] that grows upon another plant”), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”), via epi- (“above, over”) + -phyte (“plant”).
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