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\"\"<\/a>A plant that gets moisture and minerals from the air and rain and that usually grows on another plant.<\/p>\n

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A plant growing on, but not parasitic on, another plant. adj. epiphytic.<\/p>\n

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An air plant, growing on or with other plants but not in any way parasitic.<\/p>\n

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A plant growing non-parasitically upon another.<\/p>\n

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Plant that grows on another plant, without being parasitic. Common epiphytes in rainforests are ferns, orchids, and bromeliads.<\/p>\n

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A plant growing on (and usually attached to) another plant only for support and not deriving nourishment from the host.<\/p>\n

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A plant sitting upon another (usually woody) plant, and \u00b1attached to it but, unlike a parasite, obtaining no nourishment from its host.<\/p>\n

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A plant that grows on, and usually\u00a0in the branches of, another, but does not steal nourishment from its host; many orchids are examples.<\/p>\n

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A plant that grows on the trunk, branches, twigs, or in some cases even on the leaves of another plant, but does not steal nourishment from its host as does a parasite; many orchids and bromeliads are examples familiar to gardeners, though epiphytes also include numerous ferns, mosses and lichens, common in humid forest environments.<\/p>\n

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