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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the study of fossil plants;
[syn: paleobotany, palaeobotany]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Paleobotany \Pa`le*o*bot"a*ny\, n. [Paleo- + botany.] That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Phytolithology \Phy`to*li*thol"o*gy\, n. [Phyto- + lithology.] The branch of science which treats of fossil plants; -- usually called paleobotany, sometimes paleophytology. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

paleobotany n 1: the study of fossil plants [syn: paleobotany, palaeobotany]