Usually means: Mineral deposits from plant tissues.
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  3. phytolith: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. phytolith: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. phytolith: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (phytolith)

▸ noun:  A small particle of silica or mineral that occurs in many plants.

Similar:
phytolite, cystolith, rhizolith, fecalith, pyrophyllite, polylithionite, oolith, coccolith, fibrolite, phyllite, more...

Opposite:
zoolith, lithophobe, lithophobic

Phrases:
opal phytolith, more...

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Similar:
phytolite, cystolith, rhizolith, fecalith, pyrophyllite, polylithionite, oolith, coccolith, fibrolite, phyllite, more...

Opposite:
zoolith, lithophobe, lithophobic

Phrases:
opal phytolith, more...



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