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Definition of Phyton
1. n. 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.
Definition of Phyton
1. a structural unit of a plant [n -S] : PHYTONIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Phyton
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Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Plant.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phyton
Literary usage of Phyton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"He is more fortunate than his father by one day," was the reply of phyton.
After a certain time, the sufferer was taken down from this pillory, ..."
2. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1869)
"Under this fear he gave orders that the torments should be discontinued, and that
phyton with his entire kindred should be drowned.1 The prophetic ..."
3. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1888)
"... received a religious interpretation from contemporary critics, were probably
ascribed to acts more recent than the barbarities inflicted on phyton. ..."
4. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"phyton, (pur»,) Vegetable. ... phyton, and pathology.) Properly, th« pathology
of vegetables; but occasionally ... (phyton, and f»w-, ' animal,') Zoophyte. ..."
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