phytopathologistn.
/ˌfʌɪtəʊpəˈθɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌfaɪdoʊpəˈθɑlədʒəst/ An expert in or student of phytopathology; a plant pathologist.
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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
1886 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. ii Phytopathologist.
1893 E. A. Ormerod in Autobiogr. & Corr. (1904) xx. 218 One of our leading European Phytopathologists.
1958 Austral. Jrnl. Biol. Sci. 11 275 The problem of disease resistance in plants has exercised the minds of phytopathologists for more than half a century.
1993 Equinox Oct. 66/2 Marc St-Arnaud, a phytopathologist, studies tree diseases and infestations that affect both the botanical garden and the city.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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