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phyton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables
phy-ton
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

The smallest cutting from a root, stem, or leaf that can grow into a new plant.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, “plant”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

phytons (plural) phyta (plural)

Derived Forms

phytonic phytonism

Synonyms

phytomer

Questions

What does phyton mean?
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.
Where does phyton come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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