"epiphytic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From epiphyte + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|epiphyte|ic}} epiphyte + -ic Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} epiphytic
  1. (biology, botany) Of or pertaining to an epiphyte. Categories (topical): Biology, Botany Synonyms: epiphytal, epiphytous, epiphytical Derived forms: epiphytically, hemiepiphytic, microepiphytic Related terms: epiphytotic [adjective] Translations (of or pertaining to an epiphyte): epifítico (Spanish), epifitik (Turkish), üst bitken (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-epiphytic-en-adj-vLEVlbki Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 18 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 56 16 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 11 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 12 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 6 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 73 9 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 52 21 28 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Noun

Forms: epiphytics [plural]
Etymology: From epiphyte + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|epiphyte|ic}} epiphyte + -ic Head templates: {{en-noun}} epiphytic (plural epiphytics)
  1. Synonym of epiphyte. Synonyms: epiphyte [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-epiphytic-en-noun-G2571CSV
  2. (uncommon) Misconstruction of epiphytotic (catachresis). Tags: alt-of, misconstruction, uncommon Alternative form of: epiphytotic (extra: catachresis)
    Sense id: en-epiphytic-en-noun-P~B0bm4- Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English misconstructions, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 36 4 60

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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