'Lithophyte' definitions:
Definition of 'lithophyte'
(from WordNet)
noun
Plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere [syn: lithophyte, lithophytic plant]
Definition of 'Lithophyte'
From: GCIDE
- Lithophyte \Lith"o*phyte\, n. [Litho- + Gr. ? 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. [1913 Webster]