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单词 phytolite
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phytoliten.

Brit. /ˈfʌɪtə(ʊ)lʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈfaɪdəˌlaɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: phyto- comb. form, -lite comb. form1.
Etymology: < phyto- comb. form + -lite comb. form1, after post-classical Latin Phytolites (see quot. 1768 at sense 1). With sense 2 compare earlier phytolith n. 2.
1. Geology. A fossil plant or part of a plant. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > variety or species > [noun] > fossil or petrified plant
rock plant1673
stone-plant1676
phytolite1794
phytolith1895
1768 J. R. Forster Introd. Mineral. 24 (heading) Genus I. The Phytolites.]
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 175 The former are called zoophytes; the latter phytolites.
1798 G. Mitchell tr. D. L. G. Karsten Descr. Minerals in Leskean Mus. I. 21 A Phytolite, on Sandstone.
1822 N. Amer. Rev. July 248 This extrordinary [sic] species of phytolites occurs imbedded in a horizontal position in a stratum of newer floetz sandstone, of a grey colour, and close grain.
1846 A. Spiers Gen. Eng. & French Dict. 436/3 Phytolite, Phytolithe.
1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria xvi. 402 The so-called ‘transition’ and ‘grauwacke’ phytolites described by various German authors.
2. = phytolith n. 2. rare.
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the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > tissue > mineral particle in
phytolith1958
phytolite1999
1999 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 26 1275/1 In order to characterize the Lauraceae type of vegetation additional macrobotanical studies such as cuticules or phytolites..would be necessary.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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