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Epiphytum
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Epiphytum (ex Graeco ἐπὶ 'super' + φυτόν 'planta'), vulgo planta aeria, est planta quae super aliam plantam (sicut arbor) non sicut parasitus, vel aliquando super aliam rem (sicut aedificium vel filum ferreum telegraphicum), crescit, humorem et alimenta ex aere pluviaque adipiscitur, et aliquando ex ramentis quae circa se accumulant, et in zoná temperatá (multa bryophyta, marchantiophyta, lichenes, et algae) vel in tropicis (multa pteridophyta, cactaceae, orchidaceae, et bromeliaceae) habitat.[1]
- ↑ Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (Sicagi: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 1976), vol. 1, p. 764.
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