2. (Med.) A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
épiphyte — [ epifit ] adj. • 1839; lat. sav., du gr. epi « sur » et phuton « plante » ♦ Bot. Qui croît sur d autres plantes sans en tirer sa nourriture (opposé à parasite). Le lierre, les lianes sont des plantes épiphytes. Orchidée épiphyte, qui pousse sur… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Epiphyte — Épiphyte Des orchidées en compagnie de broméliacées ( Tillandsias sp. ) sur un arbre dans un jardin à Hawaii … Wikipédia en Français
Epiphyte B & B — (Cow Bay,Австралия) Категория отеля: 3 звездочный отель Адрес: 22 Silkwood Rd, 4873 C … Каталог отелей
epiphyte — 1816 (implied in epiphytous), from EPI (Cf. epi ) upon + phyte plant (PHYTO (Cf. phyto )) … Etymology dictionary
epiphyte — [ep′ə fīt΄] n. [ EPI + PHYTE] 1. a plant that grows on another plant but is not a parasite and produces its own food by photosynthesis, as certain orchids, mosses, and lichens; air plant 2. a plant parasitic on the external surface of an animal… … English World dictionary
Épiphyte — Des orchidées en compagnie de broméliacées ( Tillandsias sp. ) sur un arbre dans un jardin à Hawaii … Wikipédia en Français
Epiphyte — An epiphyte is an organism that grows upon or attaches to a living plant. Epiphyte is one of the subdivisions of the Raunkiær system. The term most commonly refers to higher plants, but epiphytic bacteria, fungi (epiphytic fungi), algae, lichens … Wikipedia
epiphyte — noun Date: circa 1847 a plant that derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and grows usually on another plant … New Collegiate Dictionary
epiphyte — organisms growing on or associated with the substrate … Dictionary of ichthyology
epiphyte — epiphytic /ep euh fit ik/, epiphytical, adj. epiphytically, adv. /ep euh fuyt /, n. Bot. a plant that grows above the ground, supported nonparasitically by another plant or object, and deriving its nutrients and water from rain, the air, dust,… … Universalium
