Meaning Of The Word Epiphyte

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epiphyte in American English
a plant that grows on another plant but is not a parasite and produces its own food by photosynthesis, as certain orchids, mosses, and lichens; air plant
noun: a plant that grows above the ground, supported nonparasitically by another plant or object, and deriving its nutrients and water from rain, the air, dust, etc.; air plant; aerophyte

epiphyte in British English
noun: a plant that grows on another plant but is not parasitic on it

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