HEMIEPIPHYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemiepiphyte mean? 

• HEMIEPIPHYTE (noun)
  The noun HEMIEPIPHYTE has 1 sense:

1. a plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life

  Familiarity information: HEMIEPIPHYTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMIEPIPHYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hemiepiphyte; semiepiphyte

Hypernyms ("hemiepiphyte" is a kind of...):

aerophyte; air plant; epiphyte; epiphytic plant (plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it)