Phytomorph
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The representation of a plant in art. rare
"The approach was to match proper names of identified phytomorphs with the names of plants in dialects of Nahuatl (Tucker and Talbert 2013)."
- 2 A specific morphology of a phytolith. rare
"Interpretational Criteria During the initial stages of counting, it became apparent that some of the phytomorphs observed do not conform to established classification schemes."
- 3 A hypothetical alga-like organism once thought to have had a symbiosis with some extinct fenestrid bryozoans, in an attempt to explain their unusual morphologies. obsolete
"Various features of the phytomorphs were illustrated, described, and discussed in some detail in the paper, and their similarity to various living algae were pointed out."
Example
More examples"The approach was to match proper names of identified phytomorphs with the names of plants in dialects of Nahuatl (Tucker and Talbert 2013)."
Etymology
From phyto- + -morph.
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