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Zoophyte :: Zoophyte (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids..

Sea Fern :: Sea fern () Any gorgonian which branches like a fern.

Sea Feather :: Sea feather () Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.

Sea Whip :: Sea whip () A gorgonian having a simple stem.

Gorgonian :: Gorgonian (a.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral..

Gorgonia :: Gorgonia (n.) Any slender branched gorgonian.

Sea Fan :: Sea fan () Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies..

Sea Willow :: Sea willow () A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.

Keratophyte :: Keratophyte (n.) A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.

Gorgonean :: Gorgonean (a.) See Gorgonian, 1..

Gorgonian :: Gorgonian (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific..

Stem :: Stem (n.) The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian..

Gorgonian :: Gorgonian (n.) One of the Gorgoniacea.

Lithophyte :: Lithophyte (n.) 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..

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