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aerophyte

[air-uh-fahyt] / ˈɛər əˌfaɪt /
NOUN
air plant
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Exalbuminous Monocotyledons are either hydrophytes or strongly hygrophilous plants and have often peculiar features in germination.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

In the midst of these living plants, and under the arbours of the hydrophytes, were layers of clumsy articulates, particularly some raninae, whose carapace formed a slightly rounded triangle; and some horrible looking parthenopes.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Verne, Jules




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