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phytolith

noun phytoliths

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.

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noun mineral particle

Deutsch	Phytolith
Ελληνικά	φυτόλιθος fytólithos

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@misc{phytolith_2026,
  title = {phytolith},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phytolith},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}