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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ifitu
- Hyphenation: e‧pí‧fi‧to
Noun
epífito m (plural epífitos)
- (botany) epiphyte (plant that grows on another)
- Synonym: epífita
Adjective
epífito (feminine epífita, masculine plural epífitos, feminine plural epífitas)
- (botany) epiphytic
- Synonym: epifítico
References
- “epífito”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “epífito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “epífito”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “epífito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
Spanish
Noun
epífito m (plural epífitos)
- epiphyte
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