Paleobotany

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The branch of paleontology that deals with plant fossils and ancient vegetation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The branch of paleontology that deals with the study of plant fossils.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That department of paleontology which treats of fossil plants, as distinguished from paleozoölogy, or the study of fossil animals; the science or study of fossil plants; geologic botany. Also paleophytology. Compare paleozoölogy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the study of fossil plants
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    Cross Reference
    palynology   
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    botany    monotony    neoteny