LITHOPHYTE

lithophyte, lithophytic plant

(noun) plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

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.

Source: Wiktionary

Lith"o*phyte, n. Etym: [Litho- + Gr. lithophyte.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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