epiphytous

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• epiphyte — 1816 (implied in epiphytous), from EPI (Cf. epi ) upon + phyte plant (PHYTO (Cf. phyto )) …   Etymology dictionary

• epiphyte —   n. non parasitic plant growing on another.    ♦ epiphytal,    ♦ epiphytic,    ♦ epiphytous, a.    ♦ epiphytotic, n. & a. (disease) affecting many plants …   Dictionary of difficult words