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Phytology

The science of plants; a description of the kinds and properties of plants; botany.

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Algology 76% connected

The study or science of algae or seaweeds.

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Mycology 76% connected

That branch of botanical science which relates to the musgrooms and other fungi.

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Paleobotany 76% connected

That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants.

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Phycology 76% connected

The science of algae, or seaweeds; algology.

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Pomology 76% connected

The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation of fruits and fruit trees.

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Pteridology 76% connected

That department of botany which treats of ferns.

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Biology 76% connected

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue.…

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Phytologist 74% connected

One skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist.

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Phytologist 74% connected

One skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist.

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Botany 92% connected

The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which…

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