Meanings
nounlithophyton (plural lithophyta)
plural lithophyta
- obsoleteCoral.
That Coral (which is a Lithophyton or stone-plant, and groweth at the bottom of the Sea) is soft under Water, but waxeth hard in the air […] we have some reason to doubt […]
1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5
Origin
- Latinlithophyton
- Englishlithophyton
From Modern Latin lithophyton, from Ancient Greek roots λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”).
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lithophyton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lithophyton
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