epiphyte

Noun

Meaning

An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant.

A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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plant flora plant life

strangler Spanish moss black moss semiepiphyte hemiepiphyte old man's beard

saprophyte

cistern epiphyte

epiphysis cerebri epiphysitis epiphytal epiphytic epiphytic plant epiphytical