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phytolite

phytolite noun: a fossil plant.

Noun

phytolite (plural phytolites)

  1. A fossil plant.

Forms of phytolite

pluralphytolites

Origin of phytolite

From phyto- + -lite.

Questions about phytolite

What does phytolite mean?
Phytolite means a fossil plant.
What part of speech is phytolite?
Phytolite is a noun.
What is the plural of phytolite?
The plural of phytolite is phytolites.

Words near phytolite in the dictionary

  1. phytolaccoside
  2. phytolaccosides
  3. phytolatry
  4. phytolipid
  5. phytolipids
  6. phytolite
  7. phytolites
  8. phytolith
  9. phytolithic
  10. phytolithological
  11. phytolithologist

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