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Webster 1913 Edition


Astrophyton


As-troph′y-ton

,
Noun.
[
Astro-
+ Gr.
φυτον
a plant.]
(Zool.)
A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched.

Definition 2024


astrophyton

astrophyton

English

Noun

astrophyton (plural astrophytons)

  1. The giant basket star, an early Mesozoic invertebrate.