LITHOPHYTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lithophytic mean? 

• LITHOPHYTIC (adjective)
  The adjective LITHOPHYTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to lithophytes

  Familiarity information: LITHOPHYTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITHOPHYTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to lithophytes

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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