lithophyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any plant that lives grows on rocks, obtaining nourishment from rain and the atmosphere.
Any organism, such as a coral, resembling a stony plant.

/ˈlɪθəfaɪt/

lithophyte lithophytes

From litho- (“stone, rock”) + -phyte (“plant”).

saxicolous

lithophytic lithophytous

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