Lithophyte

[liθәfait]

解释:

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

校对:诺艾尔--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) 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.

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解释:

n. any one of the polyps whose substance is stony or hard as corals.

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