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 and divides as e-pi-phy-tic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.