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Tillandsia usneoides vs epiphyte

epiphyte vs Tillandsia usneoides

Tillandsia usneoides and epiphyte both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Tillandsia usneoides Yes No No No
epiphyte Yes No No No
As nouns, epiphyte is a hypernym of Tillandsia usneoides; that is, epiphyte is a word with a broader meaning than Tillandsia usneoides:
  • Tillandsia usneoides: dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America
  • epiphyte: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
Other hypernyms of Tillandsia usneoides include aerophyte, air plant, epiphytic plant.
Tillandsia usneoides (noun) epiphyte (noun)
dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
Difference between Tillandsia usneoides and epiphyte

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