phytochemistry

About 0.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The scientific study of the chemicals found in plants.
2. noun The collection of chemicals and chemical processes found in a particular plant.

   The phytochemistry of mosses is very different from that of other plants.

Similar words

phytology phytoecology phytopharmacy phytopathology phytopharmacology phytonomy botany phytolithology phytoecologist phytosociology

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Word family

phytochemist phytochemistries phytochemists