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[syn: lithophyte, lithophytic plant]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lithophyte \Lith"o*phyte\, n. [Litho- + Gr. ? plant: cf. F.
lithophyte.] (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lithophyte
n 1: plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives
nourishment from the atmosphere [syn: lithophyte,
lithophytic plant]