Epiphyte - first use

[Thomas Lammers]

At 01:32 PM 3/20/01 -1000, you wrote:

>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.

Or how about consulting oed.com, the online OED?  Looks like it traces to
abot 1816.


Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

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University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
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Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and
biogeography of the Campanulaceae s. lat.
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