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phytochemistry

[ fahy-tuh-kem-uh-stree ]

noun

  1. the branch of biochemistry dealing with plants and plant processes.


phytochemistry

/ ˌfaɪtəʊˈkɛmɪstrɪ /

noun

  1. the branch of chemistry concerned with plants, their chemical composition and processes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌphytoˈchemist, noun
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Other Words From

  • phyto·chemist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of phytochemistry1

First recorded in 1830–40; phyto- + chemistry
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Example Sentences

There's also phytochemistry and botany, and there are all of these kinds of tangential areas of study that are in the sciences that overlap with herbalism.

From Salon

Tien-chioh Tso, a slight, bespectacled Chinese man, had immigrated to the U.S. to accept a fellowship at Pennsylvania State University, where he pursued a graduate degree in phytochemistry and agronomy.

Tu's detractors, however, point out that using ether and other low boiling point solvents to extract active ingredients from plants is standard phytochemistry.

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