Cystolith
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cystolith-266-11280586
title:
Cystolith
text:
Cystolith is a botanical term for outgrowths of the epidermal cell wall, usually of calcium carbonate but sometimes of silicon dioxide also, formed in a cellulose matrix in special cells called lithocysts, generally in the leaf of plants. Cystoliths are present in certain families, including in many genera of Acanthaceae. Plants in the family Urticaceae, known as stinging nettles, also form leaf cystoliths, but only during their later flowering and seed setting stages. Other examples include Can
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description:
Mineral formation within a leaf
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystolith
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2024-04-20T03:37:41Z
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