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lithophyte
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LITHOPHYTE
n.[Gr. stone, and a plant; literally, stone-plant.] Stone-coral; a name given to those species of polypiers, whose substance is stony. The older naturalists classed them with vegetables.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LITHOPHYTE
Lith "o *phyte, n. Etym: [Litho- + Gr. lithophyte. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
lithophyte
lith o phyte |ˈliTHəˌfīt ˈlɪθəfaɪt | ▶noun 1 Botany a plant that grows on bare rock or stone. 2 Zoology a polyp with a calcareous skeleton; a stony coral. DERIVATIVES lith o phyt ic |ˌliTHəˈfitik |adjective
Oxford Dictionary
lithophyte
lithophyte |ˈlɪθə (ʊ )fʌɪt, ˈlʌɪ -| ▶noun Botany a plant that grows on bare rock or stone.
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