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epiphyte meaning in Kannada

ಪರೋಪಜೀವಿ

/ˈɛpɪfɑɪt/

epiphyte in Kannada: ಪರೋಪಜೀವಿ. In English, epiphyte means a plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit.

Kannada words for epiphyte

ಪರೋಪಜೀವಿ

English meaning of epiphyte

  1. noun A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit.
  2. noun A fungus that grows on a plant but does not feed upon it saprotrophically (an epiphytic fungus). (The science of detecting and studying any such symbiosis as may be involved in this relationship is still developing.).

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Questions about epiphyte in Kannada

What is the meaning of epiphyte in Kannada?
Epiphyte in Kannada is ಪರೋಪಜೀವಿ.
epiphyte ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Epiphyte: ಪರೋಪಜೀವಿ.
What does epiphyte mean in English?
Epiphyte means a plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit.

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: epiphyte (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: epiphyte (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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