Epiphyte - first use

[Robin Leech]

epiphyte:
1861 MISS PRATT Flower. Pl. III, 385.
Robin Leech
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From: "Neal Evenhuis" <neale at BISHOPMUSEUM.ORG>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: Epiphyte - first use


> At 11:12 AM +1200 3/21/01, john steel wrote:
> >        Can anyone out there please help with a source for the first
> >use of the word epiphyte?  I would like to track down its first
> >definition.
> >                Thanks in advance,  John Steel.
>
>
> There is a mailing list I'm on (World Wide Words) in which the host
> (Michael Quinion) can probably very well answer that question -- as
> he is a consulting editor for OED. If he doesn't have the answer, he
> just emails them.
>
> You can contact him directly at:  words at quinion.com
>
> For me, he found the first use of "speciose" as dating from 1955.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Neal