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Air plant   /ɛr plænt/   Listen
Air plant

noun
1.
Plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it.  Synonyms: aerophyte, epiphyte, epiphytic plant.





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"Air plant" Quotes from Famous Books



... your thermometer hangs in the kitchen garden or at the back of the shrubbery, you must recognize one thing about it, namely, that it is an open-air plant. There are people who keep thermometers shut up indoors, which is both cruel and unnecessary. When you complain that the library is a little chilly—as surely you are entitled to—they look at the thermometer nailed to the Henry Fielding ...
— Not that it Matters • A. A. Milne


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