English edit

Etymology edit

dendro- +‎ -lite, from Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron, tree) and λίθος (líthos, stone).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dendrolite (plural dendrolites)

  1. (paleontology) A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant. .

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 dendrolite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)