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Air Plant

Definition: Air Plant

Air Plant

Noun

1. Plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Air Plant

Synonyms: aerophyte (n), epiphyte (n), epiphytic plant (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Air Plant

English words defined with "air plant": aerophyte, Air chamberepiphyte, epiphytic plantFly cap, Fly fishing, Fly flapgum resinindustrial pollutionLenticel. (references)
Specialty definitions using "air plant": AUXILIARY-EQUIPMENT OPERATORBIOLOGY SPECIMEN TECHNICIANdust extracting plantFIELD-SERVICE REPRESENTATIVEGAS-METER MECHANIC Ihealth-physics technician, HEMPINDUSTRIAL-HEALTH ENGINEER, INDUSTRIAL-SAFETY-AND-HEALTH TECHNICIANmeter testernitric-acid-concentrator operatorpersonnel monitor, PLANT OPERATOR, FURNACE PROCESS, plant-operator helper, PRECIPITATOR SUPERVISOR, pump-room operatorRADIATION MONITOR, recirculated air, refrigeration plantSAFETY ENGINEER, Sighing respiration, site criteria, STILL OPERATOR, STRONG-NITRIC OPERATOR, SUPERINTENDENT, MAINTENANCEtc operator, technical specialist, aircraft systems, TEMPERATURE-CONTROL INSPECTOR, thrust augmentationUNIT OPERATOR, UTILITY SUPERVISOR, BOAT AND PLANT. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Air Plant

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

air plant

96

air plant sale separation

7

air plant separation

6

air plant purifying

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Air Plant

Language Translations for "air plant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

luftplante (aerophyte), klokkekalankoë (floppers, lifeplant). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wonderblad (floppers, lifeplant). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

aerofyytti (aerophyte). (various references)

   

French

  

plante aérophyte, plante aéricole, bryophylle. (various references)

   

German

  

Aerophyt (aerophyte), Luftpflanze (aerophyte), Brutblatt (floppers, lifeplant). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βρυόφυλλο το καλυκόμορφο (floppers, lifeplant), αερόφυτο (aerophyte). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pianta aerofita (aerophyte). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

airay antplay

   

Portuguese

  

planta aerícola (aerophyte), planta aerófita (aerophyte). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

planta aerófita (aerophyte), hoja del Norte (floppers, lifeplant), hoja del aire (floppers, lifeplant), flor del aire (floppers, lifeplant), bruja (Beldam, bitch, crone, floppers, hag, harridan, hex, lifeplant, night-hag, Randy, sorceress, witch, wizard). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

myrdaling (floppers, lifeplant), livsblad (floppers, lifeplant). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Air Plant

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Bryophyllum calycinum Salisb., BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM, Kalanchoe pinnata Pers.. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Air Plant

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-n-p-r-t"

-1 letter: partial, plantar, platina.

-2 letters: antiar, antral, atrial, lariat, latria, narial, parian, partan, patina, pinata, pirana, plaint, planar, platan, pliant, ratlin, taipan, tarnal, tarpan, trapan, trinal.

-3 letters: alant, altar, antra, apart, apian, artal, atria, atrip, inapt, laari, lanai, lapin, liana, naira, natal, paint, patin, pilar, pinta, plain, plait, plant, print, ratal, ratan, riant, riata.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-n-p-r-t"
 

+1 letter: perinatal, planarity, tarpaulin.

 

+2 letters: biparental, intraplate, parliament, partisanly, penetralia, planetaria, tarpaulins.

 

+3 letters: anthropical, antipopular, coplanarity, manipulator, operational, pantropical, parliaments, paternalism, paternalist, patrilineal, patrimonial, perinatally, planarities, planetarium, plantigrade, postcranial, probational, proletarian, puritanical, transalpine, uniparental, unpractical.

 

+4 letters: antiparallel, antiparticle, antipleasure, apparitional, aspirational, biparentally, inapparently, manipulators, manipulatory, nonpractical, paralyzation, paternalisms, paternalists, perorational, planetariums, plantigrades, pleasantries, polarization, postprandial, premalignant, proclamation, proletarians, prothalamion, rataplanning, replantation, reputational.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Air Plant


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 69 72      50 6C 61 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101001 01110010 00100000 01010000 01101100 01100001 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#105 &#114 &#32 &#80 &#108 &#97 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0069 0072      0050 006C 0061 006E 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35758425078678086

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Translations: Ancient
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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