epilithicadj.
/ɛpɪˈlɪθɪk/ Botany.
Growing on stone; applied to algae, lichens, etc. typically found growing on the surface of rocks.
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1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 90 Epilithic, growing on rocks as many lichens.
1951 M. S. Doty tr. J. Feldmann in G. M. Smith Man. Phycol. xvi. 325 Fucus vesiculosus: littoral phanerophycean, epilithic.
1976 Nature 3 June 406/1 The torulose cell shape and the mode of branching are similar to various epilithic (Gongrosira) as well as endolithic chaetophorales.
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