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phytology
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun phytology has 1 sense
- phytology(n = noun.cognition) botany - the branch of biology that studies plants; Array is a kind of biological science, biology
has particulars: mycology, pomology, palaeobotany, paleobotany, algology, phycology, pteridology
Derived form noun phytologist1
CIDE DICTIONARY
phytology, n. [Phyto- + -logy: cf. F. phytologie.].
The science of plants; a description of the kinds and properties of plants; botany. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
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phytology
algology, aquiculture, botany, bryology, dendrology, fungology, hydroponics, mycology, paleobotany, phycology, physiological botany, phytobiology, phytochemistry, phytoecology, phytogeography, phytography, phytomorphology, phytonomy, phytopaleontology, phytopathology, phytotaxonomy, phytoteratology, phytotomy, phytotopography, plant anatomy, plant pathology, plant physiology, pomology, structural botany, systematic botanyROGET THESAURUS
phytology
Botany
N botany, physiological botany, structural botany, systematic botany, phytography, phytology, phytotomy, vegetable physiology, herborization, dendrology, mycology, fungology, algology, flora, romona, botanic garden, hortus siccus, herbarium, herbal, botanist, herbist, herbarist, herbalist, herborist, herbarian, botanical, botanic.
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