palaeophytologypaleophytologyn.
/ˌpalɪəʊfʌɪˈtɒlədʒi/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊfʌɪˈtɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˌfaɪˈtɑlədʒi/ = palaeobotany n.
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the world > plants > botany > [noun] > specific branches or aspects of botany
phytognomy1643
topology1659
vegetable statics1691
cryptogamy1783
fossil botany1822
nomology1825
structural botany1835
phytochemistry1837
phytochimy1847
phytogeography1847
astrobotany1851
phytonomy1851
phytophysiology1854
palaeophytology1857
phytobiology1860
phytopathology1864
plant physiology1870
palaeobotany1872
plant geography1878
phytopalaeontology1879
plant pathology1891
ethnobotany1896
floristic1898
phyteconomy1898
phytoteratology1898
phytoecology1899
geobotany1904
phytosociology1917
archaeobotany1954
palaeoethnobotany1959
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Palæophytologia,..paleophytology.
1862 E. Hitchcock & C. H. Hitchcock Elem. Geol. (new ed.) 233 By some able writers the history of fossil animals is called Palæozoology, and that of plants Palæophytology.
1901 M. M. Ogilvie-Gordon tr. K. A. von Zittel Hist. Geol. & Palæontol. v. 375 Botanists have always taken a more important part than geologists in the advance of palæophytology.
1974 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 61 359/2 Fossil botany being an introduction to palaeophytology from the standpoint of the botanist.
1994 Geophytology 24 43/1 The specimens and slides are deposited in Palaeophytology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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