Definitions for: Air Plant


[n] plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it



Webster (1913) Definition: Air" plant` (Bot.)
A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an
a["e]rophyte.

Note: The ``Florida moss'' (Tillandsia), many tropical
orchids, and most mosses and lichens are air plants.
Those which are lodged upon trees, but not parasitic on
them, are epiphytes.

Synonyms: aerophyte, epiphyte, epiphytic plant

See Also: aeschynanthus, black moss, Clusia insignis, flora, hemiepiphyte, long moss, old man's beard, plant, plant life, semiepiphyte, Spanish moss, strangler, strangler tree, Tillandsia usneoides, waxflower

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