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Webster 1913 Edition

Phytolite

Phy′to-lite

,

Noun.

[

Phyto-

+

-lite

: cf. F.

phytolithe

.]

An old name for a fossil plant.

Webster 1828 Edition

Phytolite

PHYT'OLITE

,

Noun.

[Gr. a plant, and a stone.] A plant petrified, or fossil vegetable.