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Definition of an epiphyte in English Turkish dictionary
- epiphyte
- epifit
- epiphyte
- üstbitken
- epiphyte
- (isim) asalak olmayan konuk bitki
- epiphyte
- {i} asalak olmayan konuk bitki
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Definition of an epiphyte in English English dictionary
- aerophyte
- epiphyte
- An air plant that receives water and nutrients from the air and rain It usually uses other plants for support
- epiphyte
- 1 a plant, fungus, or microbe sustained entirely by nutrients and water received nonparasitically from within the canopy in which it resides; an epiphyte can live on any aboveground plant surface As cited in 2 a non-parasitic plant that uses another plant as mechanical support but does not derive nutrients or water from its host As cited in
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- Type of vegetation that gets its physical support from the branches of other plants Commonly found in the tropical forests
- epiphyte
- Any plant that grows upon or is attached to another plant or object merely for physical support. Epiphytes are found mostly in the tropics and are also known as air plants because they have no attachment to the ground or other obvious nutrient source. They obtain water and minerals from rain and from debris on the supporting plants. Orchids, ferns, and members of the pineapple family are common tropical epiphytes. Lichens, mosses, liverworts, and algae are epiphytes of temperate regions
- epiphyte
- plants which live attached to other plants but which do not derive any nutrition from the host in the relationship
- epiphyte
- A plant that gets its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain
- epiphyte
- A plant that grows on another, using it as a physical support but not obtaining nutrients from it; an air plant
- epiphyte
- a plant which grows on the surface of another plant, but is not parasitic; in excessive numbers, epiphytes can reduce the amount of light reaching the host plant
- epiphyte
- microalgal organism living on a surface (e g , on a seaweed frond); a plant living on the surface of another plant
- epiphyte
- {i} plant which grows on another plant but is not a parasite
- epiphyte
- An epiphytic organism
- epiphyte
- A plant growing on another plant such as Spanish moss
- epiphyte
- Non-parasitic plant which lives on a host plant, e g Orchidaceae
- epiphyte
- A plant that grows on a substrate other than the soil, such as the surface of another organism
- epiphyte
- A plant growing on the branches of trees, such as bromeliads
- epiphyte
- A plant that has no roots in the soil and lives above the ground surface, supported by another plant or object It obtains its nutrients from the air, rain water, and from organic debris on its support
- epiphyte
- a plant that grows on another plant and gets its water from the air and rain, adapting to its conditions in order to get nutrients
- epiphyte
- a plant which grows on another plant or non-living structure, using it only for support
- epiphyte
- A plant that derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and grows usually on another plant
- epiphyte
- An organism that attaches to another organism without detrimentally affecting it
- epiphyte
- A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body
- epiphyte
- An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them
- epiphyte
- plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
- epiphyte
- a pant growing on another plant but deriving little or no nutrition from it; also called an air plant Common epiphytes are spikemosses, liverworts, lichens and licorice fern
- epiphyte
- Plant that grows on other, living plants for support
- epiphyte
- Any plant that does not root in soil but rather uses another plant species for support Among flowering plants, the best-known epiphytes are orchids and bromeliads In the forest, epiphytes shelter insects vital to the food chain
- epiphyte
- A plant which grows upon another plant The epiphyte does not "eat" the plant on which it grows, but merely uses the plant for structural support, or as a way to get off the ground and into the canopy environment
- epiphyte
- A plant that uses the trunk or stem of another plant for support, but that draws no nutrients from the host plant
- epiphyte
- See Air plant
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