lithophytonn.
Obsolete.
Coral.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > concretion or petrifaction > [noun] > coral
coralc1305
red coral?c1335
ruby coral1632
lithophyton1646
coralline1863
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 91 That Corall (which is a Lithophyton or stone plant).
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 74 Not only the Herbaceous and Woody Submarine Plants, but also the Lithophyta themselves affect this manner of growing.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The white sea lithophyton called shrubby coralline.
1762 J. Ellis in Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 357 Mr. Mason of Barbadoes..brought me this rare lithophyton.
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