Keratophyte

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Keratophyte \Ker"a*to*phyte\, n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, a horn + ?
     a plant.] (Zool.)
     A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.
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