phytology

phy·tol·o·gy

P0280100 (fī-tŏl′ə-jē)n. The study of plants; botany.

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phy′to·log′ic (fī′tə-lŏj′ĭk), phy′to·log′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.

phytology

(faɪˈtɒlədʒɪ) n (Botany) a rare name for botany¹ phytological adj ˌphytoˈlogically adv phyˈtologist n

phytology

botany.See also: Botany

phytology

The study of plants.

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phytology - the branch of biology that studies plantsbotanyplant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotionetiolation - (botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight; "the etiolation of celery"biological science, biology - the science that studies living organismsmycology - the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseasespomology - the branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruitspalaeobotany, paleobotany - the study of fossil plantsalgology, phycology - the branch of botany that studies algaepteridology - the branch of botany that studies fernsdissilience - the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripeaestivation, estivation - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opensdivision - (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylumvenation - (botany) the arrangement of veins in a leafvernation - (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opensscurf - (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant partsnatural scientist, naturalist - a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom, Plantae - (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plantsannual - (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a yearbiennial - (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second seasonperennial - (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or morestyle - (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigmagerm tube - (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germinationpollen tube - (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma for a flower; it penetrates the style and conveys the male gametes to the ovuleperistome - (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsuleembryo - (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegoniumcorolla - (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the flower for its corolla"corona - (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flowercalyx - (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually greenlip - (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyxpapilla - (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leafpitcher - (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewerapophysis - (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain coniferscallus - (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchidblister - (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skincoma - (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)phloem, bast - (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubesroot - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the groundtaproot - (botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stemspike - (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axisleaf node, node - (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emergelobe - (botany) a part into which a leaf is dividedligule - (botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strapapogamy - (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilizationcohesion - (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)foliation, leafing - (botany) the process of forming leavesparthenocarpy - (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seedsgrowth regulator, phytohormone, plant hormone - (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormonephellem, cork - (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells