phytolith
English
A scanning electron microscope image of phytoliths extracted from elephant grass
Noun
phytolith (plural phytoliths)
- A small particle of silica or mineral that occurs in many plants.
- 2016 October 29, “Sedges, not cereals, fed first settlers”, in New Scientist, number 3097, page 15:
- 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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