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Webster 1913 Edition

Aerophyte

A′ër-o-phyte

,

Noun.

[

Aëro-

+ Gr.

φυτόν

plant,

φύειν

to grow: cf. F.

aérophyte

.]

(Bot.)

A plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving its nourishment from it; an air plant or epiphyte.