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Examples of air plant in a Sentence
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The unpaved state highway cuts through a slough crowded with bald cypress trees laden with Spanish moss and spidery air plants.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
Miles below Big Cypress National Preserve, land of elegant cypress trees festooned with air plants, there is oil.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
It was crowded: dogs, air plants coming out of cracks in the wall, knit hats and forearm tats.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
This easy to assemble natural wood plant holder has tiny glass globe containers for propagating new plants, holding wildflowers, or displaying air plants.
—Micaela Arnett, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2023
Each wooden magnet is 2 x 1.5 inches and comes with a live air plant and an instruction card to help your recipient keep their new friend alive.
—Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2023
How to care for air plants Some tips from the experts:
Don’t keep an air plant in a container that limits air flow around the plant.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2023
This subscription box will deliver an adorable (and real) air plant to your home to help make your space a little greener each month.
—Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 19 Aug. 2023
Although many plant species grow out of the ground, species such as air plants grow on trees, far from the soil.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1798, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Air plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20plant. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
air plant
noun1
: epiphyte
2
: any of several kalanchoes
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