Associations to the word «Epiphyte»

Wiktionary

EPIPHYTE, noun. (botany) A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit; an air plant.

Dictionary definition

EPIPHYTE, noun. Plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats