meaning of lithophyte

1. 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.
2.
plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere


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