Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

air plant

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.77 in modern English

Syllables: air -plant
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of the species Kalanchoe pinnata (cathedral bells, life plant, miracle leaf, Goethe plant, mother of thousands, never dead, parvu, wonder-of-the-world (Trinidad)).

noun

Synonym of epiphyte (a plant living on another plant nonparasitically).

noun

Synonym of epiphyte (a plant living on another plant nonparasitically).

Example Sentences

"Those silent open mouths of tree roots and air plants made Mrs. Doll feel as if they were sucking her into them against her will."
"[My] air plants are happy and have grown three times their size because I supplement them with adequate shots of water from a plant mister. / WATER. There are several tricks to watering air plants. Tillandsia do need water; they do not live[…]"
"Air plants are free and thrive in many environments because they are epiphytes, and make their home in soaring tree lines in the wild. They require little care because they pull moisture from the air for nourishment."

Inflected Forms

air plants (plural)

Synonyms

epiphyte aerophyte epiphytic plant

Questions

What does air plant mean?: Any plant of the species Kalanchoe pinnata (cathedral bells, life plant, miracle leaf, Goethe plant, mother of thousands, never dead, parvu, wonder-of-the-world (Trinidad)).

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