phytoecologistn.
/ˌfʌɪtəʊᵻˈkɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌfaɪdoʊˌiˈkɑlədʒəst/, /ˈˌfaɪdoʊəˈkɑlədʒəst/ A student of or expert in phytoecology; a plant ecologist.
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the world > plants > botany > [noun] > specific branches or aspects of botany > one knowledgeable in
fossil botanist1832
phytogeographer1859
palaeophytologist1869
neo-botanist1870
palaeobotanist1876
phytopalaeontologist1882
plant geographer1883
phytopathologist1886
plant physiologist1888
plant pathologist1894
phytoecologist1899
phytochemist1914
phytosociologist1926
astrobotanist1952
archaeobotanist1954
1899 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 104 The phytoecologist to-day watches his subject as it grows.
1940 Ecology 21 482/2 Placing plants in a primary position ecologically is another method of unifying the systems of the phyto-ecologist and of the zoo-ecologist.
1980 Isis 71 150 American phytoecologists and students of the population and productivity of fresh waters are a now familiar group.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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