"phytolith" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: phytoliths [plural]
Etymology: From phyto- + -lith. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|phyto-|-lith}} phyto- + -lith Head templates: {{en-noun}} phytolith (plural phytoliths)
  1. A small particle of silica or mineral that occurs in many plants. Wikipedia link: phytolith Derived forms: phytolithic Translations (mineral particle): fytoliet [masculine] (Dutch), fytoliitti (Finnish), Phytolith [masculine] (German), φυτόλιθος (fytólithos) [masculine] (Greek)

Inflected forms

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