epiphyte
/ˈepɪfaɪt/noun
उच्चारण एपिफ़ाइट
अधिपादप, उपरिरोही पौधा
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[C] technical
a plant that grows on another plant but does not take food from it
अधिपादप, उपरिरोही पौधा
- Many orchids are epiphytes that grow on the branches of tall trees.
- Mosses and ferns grow as epiphytes in the rainforest.
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epiphytic adjective
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Do not confuse an epiphyte, which only uses another plant for support, with a parasite, which takes its food from the host plant.
Epiphyte और parasite को confuse न करें, क्योंकि epiphyte दूसरे पौधे का केवल सहारा लेता है जबकि parasite मेज़बान पौधे से अपना भोजन लेता है।