lithophytonEtymologyFrom Modern Latin lithophyton, from Ancient Greek roots λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”).nounCoral.“That Coral (which is a Lithophyton or stone-plant, and groweth at the bottom of the Sea) is soft under Water, but waxeth hard in the air […] we have some reason to doubt […]”