lithophytic plant

1. 1.

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

   Synonymslithophyte

   Broaderrock plant

Questions about lithophytic plant

What does lithophytic plant mean?

lithophytic plant means "plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere".

What is another word for lithophytic plant?

Close synonyms include lithophyte. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lithophytic plant a common word?

lithophytic plant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.