air plant noun3 •especially, any member of any species of genus Tillandsia of bromeliads, an airplant. •Synonym of epiphyte (a plant living on another plant nonparasitically).Those silent open mouths of tree roots and air plants made Mrs. Doll feel as if they were sucking her into them against her will. — 1930 •Any plant of the species Kalanchoe pinnata (cathedral bells, life plant, miracle leaf, Goethe plant, mother of thousands, never dead, parvu, wonder-of-the-world (Trinidad)). formsair plants
