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phyton

phy.ton \'fi--.ta:n\ \fi--'ta:n-ik\ n [NL, fr. Gk, plant] 1: a structural 
   unit of a plant consisting of a leaf and its associated por tion of stem 2: 
   the smallest part of a stem, root, or leaf that when severed may grow in to 
   a new plant - phy.ton.ic aj