epiphytic

1. 1.

   of or relating to epiphytes

   botany

Questions about epiphytic

What does epiphytic mean?

epiphytic means "of or relating to epiphytes".

How many syllables are in epiphytic?

epiphytic has 4 syllables: e-pi-phy-tic. The stress falls on "phy".

Is epiphytic a common word?

epiphytic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.