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air plant
noun
an epiphyte.
Also called life plant.a tropical plant, Kalanchoe pinnata, of the stonecrop family, having pale green flowers tinged with red and new plants sprouting at the leaf notches.
air plant
noun
an epiphyte, esp an orchid of the large Old World tropical genus Aerides, grown for its white scented flowers spotted with red, purple, or rose, or a bromeliad, esp of the genus Tillandsia
air plant
See epiphyte
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of air plant1
Example Sentences
In summer, add a piece driftwood with a few hanging air plants to break up space, she says.
The outfits are made of colorful living material, including headdresses of tillandsia, or air plants, and tresses of huperzia, a tropical clubmoss.
Most epiphytes, or air plants, don’t sink their roots into soil to absorb moisture and nutrients, Lara explained.
Why not hang those air plants in a spinal row of vertebrae-shaped planters?
Add a couple of air plants to a gorgeous piece of driftwood and you have a ready-made tablescape.
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