Vocabulary : Lithophyte to Lithotomist
Lithophyte : A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals.Lithophytic : Of or pertaining to lithophytes.
Lithophytous : Lithophytic.
Lithosian : Any one of various species of moths belonging to the family Lithosidae. Many of them are beautifully colored.
Lithosphere : The solid earth as distinguished from its fluid envelopes, the hydrosphere and atmosphere. ;; The outer part of the solid earth, the portion undergoing change through the gradual transfer of material by volcanic eruption, the circulation of underground water, and the process of erosion and deposition. It is, therefore, regarded as a third mobile envelope comparable with the hydrosphere and atmosphere.