Term: hemiepiphyte: a plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: party: a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: streptococcus: spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: guided missile frigate: a frigate that carries guided missiles
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: old maid: a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: removal: dismissal from office
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: symphytum: comfrey
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: pot-au-feu: traditional French stew of vegetables and beef
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: degree of freedom: (statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: diapir: a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: thresher: large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed