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, such as the {Spanish moss} {Tillandsia usneoides}), are {epiphytes}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
air-plant — airˈ plant noun (botany) A non parasitic plant growing on another, an epiphyte • • • Main Entry: ↑air … Useful english dictionary
air plant — air′ plant n. 1) bot an epiphyte 2) pln a tropical plant, Kalanchoe pinnata, of the stonecrop family, having pale green flowers tinged with red and new plants sprouting at the leaf notches • Etymology: 1835–45, amer … From formal English to slang
air plant — ☆ air plant n. an epiphyte … English World dictionary
air plant — noun plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it • Syn: ↑epiphyte, ↑aerophyte, ↑epiphytic plant • Derivationally related forms: ↑epiphytic (for: ↑epiphyte) … Useful english dictionary
air plant — /ˈɛə plænt/ (say air plantt) noun an epiphytic plant, as a tillandsia …
air plant — 1. an epiphyte. 2. Also called life plant. a tropical plant, Kalanchoe pinnata, of the stonecrop family, having pale green flowers tinged with red and new plants sprouting at the leaf notches. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
air plant — noun a tropical American plant that grows on trees as an epiphyte, with long, narrow leaves that absorb water and nutrients from the atmosphere. [Genus Tillandsia: several species.] … English new terms dictionary
air plant — noun Date: 1833 1. epiphyte 2. any of several kalanchoes (especially Kalanchoe pinnata) … New Collegiate Dictionary
air plant — noun epiphyte … Wiktionary
Air Plant — Bryophyllum (E) … EthnoBotanical Dictionary
