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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.

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  1. 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.
  2. n. plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere
  3. 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.
  4. A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians,corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareousaxis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals.
  5. n plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere