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Cystolith

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. Kbans, cavity, and XLOos, stone), a botanical term for the inorganic concretions, usually of calcium carbonate, formed in a cellulose matrix in special cells, generally in the leaf of plants of certain families, e. g. Ficus elastica, the indiarubber plant.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cystolith'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/cystolith.html. 1910.
 
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