phytobiologyn.
/ˌfʌɪtəʊbʌɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌfaɪdoʊˌbaɪˈɑlədʒi/ rare.
The biology of plants.
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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
1860 R. Fowler Med. Vocab. Phytobiology, vegetable physiology.
1890 Athenæum 1 Mar. 278/3 There remains a large collection of memoirs on general botany and phyto-biology.
1995 Science 17 Mar. 1675 (advt.) Microscopy & Microanalysis, Kansas City, Aug. 13–17, 1995... Symposia and contributed sessions... Phytomorphology and Phytobiology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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