Phytology

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  phytology
       n : the branch of biology that studies plants [syn: {botany}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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