geobotanicaladj.
/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)bəˈtanᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌdʒioʊbəˈtænək(ə)l/ Of or relating to geobotany; concerned with the geographical distribution of plants. Cf. phytogeographical adj.
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phytognomical1653
phytogeographic1857
phytochemical1858
phytogeographical1859
geobotanical1880
palaeobotanical1883
palaeophytological1885
phytobiological1887
phytopathological1887
geobotanic1888
palaeobotanic1889
floristic1898
phytosociological1922
1880 34th Ann. Rep. Ohio State Board Agric. 1879 506 A guide for geo-botanical-economical studies of geologists, botanists, managers of land and forests.
1911 Geogr. Jrnl. 37 79 The book is chiefly devoted to an analysis of the principal types of plant associations and an examination of the geobotanical districts.
1969 Times 1 Apr. 28/2 Photogeology together with..geobotanical methods of detecting the presence of copper under various species of vegetation have assisted the geological teams.
2007 C. E. Dunn Biogeochemistry in Mineral Explor. i. 2 Geobotanical clues are more subtle in temperate and boreal (i.e., northern) forests than in tropical forests, because there is a lesser diversity of trees and shrubs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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