phyton

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Etymology

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

Noun

phyton (plural phytons or phyta)

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

Synonyms

phytomer

Derived terms

phytonic

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “phyton”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Python, Typhon, python, typhon