lithophyte

A noun referring to a plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives its nutrients from the atmosphere.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une plante qui pousse sur des roches ou dans un sol rocailleux et qui tire ses nutriments de l'atmosphère.

1. Rock-dwelling plant C2 formal scientific

   A plant that grows on rocks or stony surfaces, obtaining its nutrients primarily from the atmosphere, rain, and debris rather than from soil.

   • Many orchids are lithophytes, clinging to cliff faces in tropical forests.
   • The botanist studied the unique adaptations of lithophytes in the alpine region.
   • Lithophytes often have specialized root systems to anchor themselves to bare rock.

   🇫🇷Plante lithophyte

• lithophytes plural form
• lithophytes' possessive plural form
• lithophyte's possessive singular form