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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 lith·o·phyte /ˈlɪθəˌfaɪt/
 石生植物

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lith·o·phyte n.  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

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