Found 2 items, similar to lithophyte.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lithophyte
lithophyte
n : plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives
nourishment from the atmosphere [syn:
lithophytic plant]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lithophyte
Lithophyte
\Lith"o*phyte\, n. [Litho- + Gr. ? plant: cf. F.
lithophyte.] (Zo["o]l.)
A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians,
corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a
calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines
are animals.
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