Definition of Lithophytic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to lithophytes.

Category relationships: Botany, Phytology
Partainyms: Lithophyte
Derivative terms: Lithophyte

Definition of Lithophytic

1. a. Of or pertaining to lithophytes.

Definition of Lithophytic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to lithophytes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Lithophytic

1. Of or pertaining to lithophytes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lithophytic

lithophagous
lithophagy
lithophane
lithophanes
lithophile
lithophiles
lithophilia
lithophosphoric
lithophotography
lithophyll
lithophyse
lithophyses
lithophyta
lithophyte
lithophytes
lithophytic (current term)
lithophytic plant
lithophyton
lithophytous
lithopone
lithopones
lithops
lithos
lithosere
lithoseres
lithosian
lithosite
lithosol
lithosols

Literary usage of Lithophytic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"Why are lichens commonly epiphytic, lithophytic or epigeal found on other substrata in certain localities ? Where are, and what constitute the dividing ..."

2. Essay on the Theory of the Earth by Georges Cuvier, Robert Jameson (1827)
"These lithophytic animals not only add to the magnitude of land already existing, but, according to some naturalists, they form whole islands. ..."

3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... condensed in the atmosphere, and is partially dissolved, that the atmospheric deposits supply lithophytic plants with a sufficient quantity of nutrient ..."

4. Essay on the Theory of the Earth by Georges Cuvier, Robert Jameson (1827)
"These lithophytic animals not only add to the magnitude of land already existing, but, according to some naturalists, they form whole islands. ..."

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