Aerophyte (Noun)

Meaning

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

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Synonyms

• Epiphytic Plant
• Air Plant
• Epiphyte

Hypernyms

• Plant
• Flora

Hyponyms

• Hemiepiphyte
• Strangler Tree
• Semiepiphyte
• Old Man's Beard
• Waxflower
• Tillandsia Usneoides
• Aeschynanthus
• Strangler
• Long Moss
• Spanish Moss
• Clusia Insignis