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LITHOPHYTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lithophyte mean?
• LITHOPHYTE (noun)
The noun LITHOPHYTE has 1 sense:
1. plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere
Familiarity information: LITHOPHYTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
lithophyte; lithophytic plant
Hypernyms ("lithophyte" is a kind of...):
rock plant (plant that grows on or among rocks or is suitable for a rock garden)
Derivation:
lithophytic (of or relating to lithophytes)
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