phytochemistn.
/ˌfʌɪtəʊˈkɛmɪst/, U.S. /ˌfaɪdəˈkɛməst/ An expert in or student of phytochemistry.
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the world > plants > botany > [noun] > specific branches or aspects of botany > one knowledgeable in
fossil botanist1832
phytogeographer1859
palaeophytologist1869
neo-botanist1870
palaeobotanist1876
phytopalaeontologist1882
plant geographer1883
phytopathologist1886
plant physiologist1888
plant pathologist1894
phytoecologist1899
phytochemist1914
phytosociologist1926
astrobotanist1952
archaeobotanist1954
1914 Science 30 Jan. 179/2 It is with a peculiar delight that the phytochemist witnesses the renewed literary activity in his particular field of research.
1926 L. F. Hawley & L. E. Wise Chem. Wood ii. v. 115 It has been shown by phytochemists that during the winter months, reserve carbohydrates (like starch) which are present in the xylem are quite frequently converted into fats or oils in the living tree.
1991 Amer. Scientist Mar. 169/1 Richard Schultes, a well-known Harvard botanist, and Robert Raffauf, a phytochemist, have spent more than 40 years documenting the ethnomedicinal, hallucinogenic and toxic uses of plants by the natives of northwestern Amazonia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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