air plants
air plants is the plural of air plant.
Meaning of air plant
Noun
air plant (plural air plants)
- Any plant of the species Kalanchoe pinnata (cathedral bells, life plant, miracle leaf, Goethe plant, mother of thousands, never dead, parvu, wonder-of-the-world (Trinidad)).
- Synonym of epiphyte (a plant living on another plant nonparasitically).
- Those silent open mouths of tree roots and air plants made Mrs. Doll feel as if they were sucking her into them against her will.1930, Anne Parrish, chapter VII, in Floating Island, Harper & Row, pages 31-32
- Synonyms:
- epiphyte
- especially, any member of any species of genus Tillandsia of bromeliads, an airplant.
Questions about air plants
- What is air plants the plural of?
- Air plants is the plural of air plant.
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