phytologist
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editphytologist (plural phytologists)
- Someone skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist.
- 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
- our learned phytologist Mr. Ray
References
edit- “phytologist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.