Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LITH'O-PHYTE
LITH'O-PHYTE, n. [Gr. λιθος, stone, and φυτον, a plant; literally, stone-plant.]
Stone-coral; a name given to those species of polypiers, whose substance is stony. The older naturalists classed them with vegetables. – Currier. Ray.
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