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1. (n.) lithophyte
a polyp with a hard or stony structure, as a coral.
2. lithophyte
any plant growing on the surface of rocks.
Etymology: (1765–75)
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1. (noun) lithophyte, lithophytic plant
plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere
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1. (noun) lithophyte
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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