1) Coral
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1) Lithophytic plant 2) Rock plant
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Lithophytes are plants that grow in or on rocks. Those that grow on rocks are also known as epipetric or epilithic plants. Lithophytes feed off nutrients from rain water and nearby decaying plants, including their own dead tissue. Chasmophytes grow in fissures in rocks where soil or organic matter has accumulated. Examples of lithophytes include s...
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a rock growing plant
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plant that grows on rock
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• (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.
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A plant that grows on rocks, boulders, escarpments and cliff faces.
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An orchid that grows on rocks
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Plants that grow on rocks or other areas that do not need soil. They will receive their nourishment from the air. i.e. orchids and lichens.
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A plant that grows on the surface of unweathered rock. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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Lith'o·phyte noun [
Litho- + Greek ... plant: confer French
lithophyte .]
(Zoology) 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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An orchid that grows on rocks.
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a rock growing plant
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n] - plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere
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lithophytic plant noun plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere
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