Phytochemistry

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The scientific study of the chemicals found in plants. uncountable
  2. 2
    the branch of organic chemistry dealing with the chemistry of plants wordnet
  3. 3
    The collection of chemicals and chemical processes found in a particular plant. uncountable

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

Etymology

From phyto- (“plant”) + chemistry.

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