Lithophyte

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

  Lithophyte \Lith"o*phyte\, n. [Litho- + Gr. ? 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.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lithophyte
       n : plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives
           nourishment from the atmosphere [syn: {lithophytic plant}]