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Lithophyte

Lithophyte Meaning & Definition
Lithophyte Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lithophyte?

[n] plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lithophyte: lithophytic plant

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See Also | rock plant

Lithophyte In Webster's Dictionary

\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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