Epiphytic plant and Tillandsia usneoides

Epiphytic plant noun - Plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it.

Tillandsia usneoides and epiphytic plant are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Tillandsia usneoides" with "Epiphytic plant", this phrases are similar.

Tillandsia usneoides noun - Dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America.

Epiphytic plant and Tillandsia usneoides are semantically related. You can use "Epiphytic plant" instead a noun phrase "Tillandsia usneoides".