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phytoliths

phytoliths is the plural of phytolith.

Meaning of phytolith

Noun

phytolith (plural phytoliths)

  1. A small particle of silica or mineral that occurs in many plants.
    • Environmental archaeologist Monica Ramsey, at the University of Toronto, Canada, and her colleagues studied phytoliths – microscopic silica crystals that form in plant tissues – from the site.2016 October 29, “Sedges, not cereals, fed first settlers”, in New Scientist, number 3097, page 15

Questions about phytoliths

What is phytoliths the plural of?
Phytoliths is the plural of phytolith.

Words near phytoliths in the dictionary

  1. phytolithic
  2. phytolithological
  3. phytolithologist
  4. phytolithologists
  5. phytolithology
  6. phytoliths
  7. phytologic
  8. phytological
  9. phytologically
  10. phytologies
  11. phytologist

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