Cystolith

From LoveToKnow 1911

CYSTOLITH (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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