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lithophyte |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lithophyte n : plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere [syn: {lithophytic plant}]
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