lithophyte Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere
    lithophytic plant.

WordNet

Lith"o*phyte noun
Etymology
Litho- + Gr. plant: cf. F. lithophyte.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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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