lithophyte | พืชขึ้นบนหิน [พฤกษศาสตร์ ๑๘ ก.พ. ๒๕๔๕] |
lithophyte | (n) plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere, Syn. lithophytic plant |
Lithophyte | n. [ Litho- + Gr. &unr_; plant: cf. F. lithophyte. ] (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |