phytographyn.
/fʌɪˈtɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /faɪˈtɑɡrəfi/ 1. A description of plants; descriptive botany. Now rare.
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the world > plants > botany > [noun] > descriptive
phytography1696
botanography1732
1696 Mrs. Ray in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 202 I shall..put down what I find in..Plukenet's Phytography.
1735 M. Benjamin Philosophical Gram. Contents p. xxvi Phytography, or the Philosophy of Vegetables.
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Pref. sig. a3v Phytography,..a Treatise or Physiological Description of Plants and Vegetables.
1835 J. S. Henslow Princ. Bot. Introd. 3 A third..department is styled ‘Phytography’, in which a full description of plants themselves is given.
1911 Amer. Midland Naturalist 2 41 There is not in existence another phytographic work of equal compass, which, as to the bibliography of species, makes even a near approach to this new Flora of the Pyrenees; and it is a bibliography not alone of phytography.
1998 Gulf News (Nexis) 18 June With the start of its next academic year in September it is also introducing a new specialisation in phytography—descriptive botany—for medical graduates.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > nature-printing > [noun]
nature-printing1854
phytoglyphy1854
physiotypy1890
phytography1890
1890 Cent. Dict. Phytography, same as phytoglyphy.
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