phytosociologistn.
/ˌfʌɪtəʊˌsəʊʃɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, /ˌfʌɪtəʊˌsəʊsɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌfaɪdoʊˌsoʊsiˈɑlədʒəst/, /ˈˌfaɪdoʊˌsoʊʃ(i)ˈɑlədʒəst/ An expert in or student of phytosociology.
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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
1926 Jrnl. Ecol. 14 180 The vegetation is described in terms of the small communities called associations by the Upsala school of phytosociologists.
1973 Nature 21 Dec. 537/1 Continental phytosociologists may feel that some of their carefully defined association binomials have been applied a little loosely.
1991 R. J. Pankhurst & J. M. Mullin Flora of Outer Hebrides (BNC) 38 A community is roughly the equivalent of a Braun-Blanquet Association, as used by the Montpellier school of phytosociologists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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