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Lithophyte - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Lithophyte : (noun)
1: plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives
nourishment from the atmosphere [syn: lithophytic plant]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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