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phytology Now rare.|faɪˈtɒlədʒɪ, fɪt-|
[ad. mod.L. phytologia, f. Gr. ϕυτόν plant + -λογία: see -logy. Cf. F. phytologie (d'Holbach 1753).]
The science of plants; botany.
[1647G. Duval (title) Phytologia; sive, Philosophia Plantarum.] 1658Sir T. Browne Hydriot. Ep. Ded to N. Bacon, We pretend not to multiply vegetable divisions by Quincuncial and Reticulate plants; or erect a new Phytology. 1819Pantologia, Phytology, that part of Natural History which treats on plants. 1849H. Miller Footpr. Creat. xiv. (1874) 264 He calls into court Astronomy, Geology, Phytology and Zoology. |