Lithophyte

Word LITHOPHYTE
Character 10
Hyphenation lith o phyte
Pronunciations /ˈlɪθəfaɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Lithophyte"

What do we mean by lithophyte?

A plant that grows on rocks. noun

A coral with a hard skeleton. noun

Any one of the polyps whose substance is stony or hard, as corals and sea-fans. The older naturalists classed them with plants, whence the name. noun

In phytogeography, any plant which grows upon the surface of rocks or stones, aerial or submerged, with or without the presence of humus: sometimes opposed to chasmophyte (which see). noun

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. noun

Any plant that lives grows on rocks, obtaining nourishment from rain and the atmosphere. noun

Any organism, such as a coral, resembling a stony plant. noun

Plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere noun

Any plant that lives grows on rocks, obtaining nourishment from rain and the atmosphere.

Any organism, such as a coral, resembling a stony plant.

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The word "lithophyte" in example sentences

We detached some blocks containing oysters eight inches in diameter, pectens, venuses, and lithophyte polypi. ❋ Unknown (1851)

At the foot of the Castillo de in Punta, near the Havannah, on shelves of cavernous rocks, * covered with verdant sea-weeds and living polypi, we find enormous masses of madrepores and other lithophyte corals set in the texture of those shelves. ❋ Unknown (1851)

Do they prove a submarine communication between the limestone of the coast with the limestone serving as the basis of lithophyte polypi, and is the fresh water of Cuba raised up by hydrostatic pressure across the coral rocks of Cayos, as it is in the bay of Xagua, where, in the middle of the sea, it forms springs frequented by the lamantins? ❋ Unknown (1851)

Castillo de in Punta, near the Havannah, on shelves of cavernous rocks, * covered with verdant sea-weeds and living polypi, we find enormous masses of madrepores and other lithophyte corals set in the texture of those shelves. ❋ Alexander Von Humboldt (1814)

Do they prove a submarine communication between the limestone of the coast with the limestone serving as the basis of lithophyte polypi, and is the fresh water of ❋ Alexander Von Humboldt (1814)

Orchids can be grouped into three basic types - terrestrial, epiphyte and lithophyte. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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