The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phytons
Phyton \Phy"ton\, n.; pl. Phytons. [NL., fr. Gr. ? plant.] (Bot.) 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.
Wiktionary
phytons
n. (plural of phyton English)
Usage examples of "phytons".
Annubi and others of rank in the Sarrasan procession were included, and all moved off to the nearest pavilion where sweetened wine was poured into golden phytons from amphorae sunk deep all day in a spring-fed pool.