Semiepiphyte

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plant that can be an epiphyte (live on the surface of the other plant), or live independently.
  2. 2
    a plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life wordnet

Etymology

From semi- + epiphyte.

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