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phytolith

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[fahyt-l-ith] / ˈfaɪt l ɪθ /

noun

  1. a microscopic silica body that forms in a living plant and becomes fossilized.


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Dolores Piperno, a phytolith expert at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., thinks that the team's claim is sound.

From Science Magazine Dec. 8, 2011

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