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palæobotany|ˌpæliːəʊˈbɒtənɪ, ˌpeɪ-|
Also (chiefly U.S.) paleo-.
[f. palæo-, paleo- + botany.]
The botany of extinct or fossil plants. (Correlative to palæozoology.) Hence palæoboˈtanic, -ical adjs., belonging to palæobotany; ˌpalæoboˈtanically adv., in terms of or as regards palæobotany; palæoˈbotanist, one versed in palæobotany.
1872Nicholson Palæont. 473 The subject of Palæobotany or Palæophytology. 1879Ibid. (ed. 2) II. 457 Professor Williamson, one of the ablest of living palæobotanists. 1895Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 479 The preparation and study of..paleobotanic material. 1896Naturalist Jan. 27 In that year he published the first palæobotanical paper. 1896J. P. Smith in Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. Nov. 227 The paleobotany of the Coal Measures of Arkansas. 1934Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists XVIII. 1010 The Jackfork-Stanley is paleobotanically older than the Coal-bearing shale. 1968R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 534/2 The last of the paleobotanically established Holocene stages is..also the historical period. |