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epiphyton

epiphyton noun: periphyton growing on other plants.

Noun

epiphyton (uncountable)

  1. periphyton growing on other plants

Questions about epiphyton

What does epiphyton mean?
Epiphyton means periphyton growing on other plants.
What part of speech is epiphyton?
Epiphyton is a noun.

Words near epiphyton in the dictionary

  1. epiphytized
  2. epiphytological
  3. epiphytologist
  4. epiphytologists
  5. epiphytology
  6. epiphyton
  7. epiphytotic
  8. epiphytotics
  9. epiphytous
  10. epiphænomena
  11. epiphænomenon

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