Lithophyte

[liθәfait]

Definition

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

Checker: Noelle--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Typed by Arlene

Definition

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

Checker: Sandra