phytonomy

English edit

Etymology edit

From phyto- +‎ -nomy; compare French phytonomie.

Noun edit

phytonomy (uncountable)

The science of the origin and growth of plants.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “phytonomy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)