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  • English Word Phytelephas Definition A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which furnish the substance called vegetable ivory.
  • English Word Phytivorous Definition Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous; as, phytivorous animals.
  • English Word Phyto- Definition A combining form from Gr. fyto`n a plant; as, phytochemistry, phytography.
  • English Word Phytochemical Definition Relating to phytochemistry.
  • English Word Phytochemistry Definition Chemistry in its relation to vegetable bodies; vegetable chemistry.
  • English Word Phytochimy Definition Phytochemistry.
  • English Word Phytogenesis Definition Alt. of Phytogeny
  • English Word Phytogeny Definition The doctrine of the generation of plants.
  • English Word Phytogeographical Definition Of or pertaining to phytogeography.
  • English Word Phytogeography Definition The geographical distribution of plants.
  • English Word Phytoglyphic Definition Relating to phytoglyphy.
  • English Word Phytoglyphy Definition See Nature printing, under Nature.
  • English Word Phytographical Definition Of or pertaining to phytography.
  • English Word Phytography Definition The science of describing plants in a systematic manner; also, a description of plants.
  • English Word Phytoid Definition Resembling a plant; plantlike.
  • English Word Phytolacca Definition A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.
  • English Word Phytolite Definition An old name for a fossil plant.
  • English Word Phytolithologist Definition One versed in phytolithology; a paleobotanist.
  • English Word Phytolithology Definition The branch of science which treats of fossil plants; -- usually called paleobotany, sometimes paleophytology.
  • English Word Phytological Definition Of or pertaining to phytology; botanical.
  • English Word Phytologist Definition One skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist.
  • English Word Phytology Definition The science of plants; a description of the kinds and properties of plants; botany.
  • English Word Phytomer Definition Alt. of Phytomeron
  • English Word Phytomeron Definition An organic element of a flowering plant; a phyton.
  • English Word Phyton Definition 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.
  • English Word Phytonomy Definition The science of the origin and growth of plants.
  • English Word Phytons Definition of Phyton
  • English Word Phytopathologist Definition One skilled in diseases of plants.
  • English Word Phytopathology Definition The science of diseases to which plants are liable.
  • English Word Phytophaga Definition A division of Hymenoptera; the sawflies.