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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

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pl.

Phytons

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[NL., fr. Gr.

φυτόν

plant.]

(Bot.)

One of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves; a phytomer.

phyton ‎(plural phytons)

(botany) One of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves.