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[syn: botany, phytology]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Phytology \Phy*tol"o*gy\ (f[imac]*t[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. [Phyto-
+ -logy: cf. F. phytologie.]
The science of plants; a description of the kinds and
properties of plants; botany. --Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster] Phytomer
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
phytology
n 1: the branch of biology that studies plants [syn: botany,
phytology]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "phytology":
algology, aquiculture, botany, bryology, dendrology, fungology,
hydroponics, mycology, paleobotany, phycology,
physiological botany, phytobiology, phytochemistry, phytoecology,
phytogeography, phytography, phytomorphology, phytonomy,
phytopaleontology, phytopathology, phytotaxonomy, phytoteratology,
phytotomy, phytotopography, plant anatomy, plant pathology,
plant physiology, pomology, structural botany, systematic botany