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epiphytic

epiphytic adjective: of or pertaining to an epiphyte. Also the misconstruction of epiphytotic.

Adjective

epiphytic

  1. Of or pertaining to an epiphyte.
    • Near-synonym: holoepiphytic

Noun

epiphytic (plural epiphytics)

  1. Synonym of epiphyte.
    Synonyms:
    epiphyte

Also used as

epiphytic is also the misconstruction of epiphytotic.

Synonyms of epiphytic

Forms of epiphytic

pluralepiphytics

Origin of epiphytic

From epiphyte + -ic.

Words formed from epiphytic

Questions about epiphytic

What does epiphytic mean?
Epiphytic means of or pertaining to an epiphyte.
What part of speech is epiphytic?
Epiphytic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near epiphytic in the dictionary

  1. epiphysis
  2. epiphysitis
  3. epiphytal
  4. epiphyte
  5. epiphytes
  6. epiphytic
  7. epiphytical
  8. epiphytically
  9. epiphytics
  10. epiphytism
  11. epiphytize

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