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epífito

Portuguese, noun/eˈpi.fi.tu/

epífito is spelled E-P-Í-F-I-T-O (7 letters). Epífito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “epiphyte (plant that grows on another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does epífito mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineepiphyte (plant that grows on another)

adjective

  1. 1

    epiphytic

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. diz-se de vegetal que vive fixado em outro sem o parasitar

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of epífito

  • epífitos plural
  • epífita feminine
  • epífitas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce epífito?

  • Brazil /eˈpi.fi.tu/
  • Portugal /eˈpi.fi.tu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to epífito

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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