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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any plant that lives grows on rocks, obtaining nourishment from rain and the atmosphere.
2. 2
   plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere wordnet
3. 3
   Any organism, such as a coral, resembling a stony plant.

Synonyms

All synonyms

lithophytic plantsaxicolous

Etymology

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

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