Cryptobotany

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of plants whose existence has not been proven. rare, uncountable

    "Botany, even cryptobotany, may seem to lie outside the subject matter of this book, but two recent events from Australia have encouraging implications for cryptozoologists."

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"Botany, even cryptobotany, may seem to lie outside the subject matter of this book, but two recent events from Australia have encouraging implications for cryptozoologists."

Etymology

From crypto- + botany.

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