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Cystolith
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(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.