Usually means: Mineral-filled vesicle in seaweeds.
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  1. lithocyst: Merriam-Webster
  2. lithocyst: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lithocyst: Wordnik
  4. lithocyst: Wiktionary
  5. Lithocyst, lithocyst: Dictionary.com
  6. Lithocyst: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. lithocyst: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Lithocyst: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. lithocyst: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Lithocyst: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lithocyst: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lithocyst)

noun:  (zoology) A sac containing otoliths, found in medusae and other invertebrates.
noun:  (botany) A small, siliceous structure found in diatoms and some other types of algae that fills with gas or oil, controlling the buoyancy of the algae.

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