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Definition: Lithophyte |
LithophyteNoun1. Plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Lithophyte \Lith"o*phyte\, noun. [Litho- Greek expression plant: compare to the French expression lithophyte.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: LithophyteSynonym: lithophytic plant (n). (additional references) |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lithophyte": lithophytes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "lithophyte" (pronounced 'Lith"o*phyte'): Aerophyte, Anophyte, Carpophyte, gametophyte, halophyte, hydrophyte, Microphyte, Myrmecophyte, Neophyte, Oophyte, Protophyte, saprophyte, Schizophyte, spermatophyte, Spermophyte, sporophyte, Zoophyte, Zymophyte. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-h-i-l-o-p-t-t-y" | |
-3 letters: hoplite, pettily. | |
-4 letters: eolith, ophite, peyotl, phytol, piolet, plotty, polite, polity, pottle, tiptoe, toilet. | |
-5 letters: ethyl, helio, helot, holey, hotel, hotly, hoyle, lithe, litho, lotte, petit, petti, petto, petty, phyle, piety, pilot, pithy, potty, teloi, tepoy, thiol, thole, tilth, tithe, title, toile, tophe, tophi, tythe. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-h-i-l-o-p-t-t-y" | |
+1 letter: lithophytes. | |
+2 letters: hypothetical. | |
+3 letters: anthophyllite. | |
+4 letters: anthophyllites, hypothetically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 74 68 6F 70 68 79 74 65 |
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