epiphyte

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Epiphyte, ep′i-fīt, n. one of a species of plants attached to trees, and deriving their nourishment from the decaying portions of the bark, and perhaps also from the air.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Epiphyte, a plant growing on another plant, but not nourished by it, 36.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Here occurred the only Epiphyte observed during the expedition.

From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Mitchell, Thomas

Cryptopus       ,, 1 sp., herb, Epiphyte, Mauritius, also Bourbon and Madagascar.

From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel