单词 | phytotomist |
释义 | phytotomistn. Now historical and rare. A person who dissects plants; a plant anatomist. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > botany > [noun] > dissecting plants > one who phytotomist1848 1848 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 4) I. 16 This admirable phytotomist. 1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 79 Let him be primarily a botanist, and then, if he has the inclination, secondarily a phanerogamist..a phytotomist, or a vegetable physiologist, etc. 1939 Amer. Naturalist 73 518 In 1879 and 1892 Hertwig reviewed to some degree the contributions of the early phytotomists and pointed out that the cell theory had its origin in [the] study of plant anatomy. 1959 C. R. Metcalfe in W. B. Turrill Vistas in Bot. 82 Before 1845 he was regarded, with good cause, as the leading phytotomist of his day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848 |
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