About The Word Air plant
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Air plant
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What's The Definition Of Air plant?
[n] plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
Synonyms | Synonyms for Air plant: aerophyte | epiphyte | epiphytic plant Related Terms | Find terms related to Air plant: See Also | aeschynanthus | black moss | Clusia insignis | flora | hemiepiphyte | long moss | old man's beard | plant | plant life | semiepiphyte | Spanish moss | strangler | strangler tree | Tillandsia usneoides | waxflower Air plant In Webster's Dictionary \Air" plant`\ (Bot.)
A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an
a["e]rophyte.
Note: The ``Florida moss'' ({Tillandsia}), many tropical
orchids, and most mosses and lichens are air plants.
Those which are lodged upon trees, but not parasitic on
them, are epiphytes.
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