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Webster 1913 Edition
Lithophyte
Lith′o-phyte
,Noun.
[
Litho-
+ Gr. [GREEK] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lithophyte
LITH'OPHYTE
,Noun.
Stone-coral; a name given to those species of polypiers, whose substance is stony. The older naturalists classed them with vegetables.
Definition 2024
lithophyte
lithophyte
English
Noun
lithophyte (plural lithophytes)
- (biology) Any plant that lives grows on rocks, obtaining nourishment from rain and the atmosphere.
- (zoology) Any organism, such as a coral, resembling a stony plant.