Phytologist
(Phy*tol"o*gist) n. One skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist. Evelyn.
Phytology
(Phy*tol"o*gy) n. [Phyto- + -logy: cf. F. phytologie.] The science of plants; a description of
the kinds and properties of plants; botany. Sir T. Browne.
Phytomer
(Phy"to*mer Phy*tom"e*ron) n. [NL. phytomeron, fr. Gr. plant + share.] (Bot.) An organic
element of a flowering plant; a phyton.
Phyton
(||Phy"ton) n.; pl. Phytons [NL., fr. Gr. plant.] (Bot.) One of the parts which by their repetition
make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves; a phytomer.
Phytonomy
(Phy*ton"o*my) n. [Phyto- + Gr. law: cf. F. phytonomie.] The science of the origin and
growth of plants.
Phytopathologist
(Phy`to*pa*thol"o*gist) n. One skilled in diseases of plants.
Phytopathology
(Phy`to*pa*thol"o*gy) n. [Phyto- + pathology.] The science of diseases to which
plants are liable.
Phytophaga
(||Phy*toph"a*ga) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a plant + to eat.] (Zoöl.) A division of Hymenoptera; the
sawflies.
Phytophagic
(Phy`to*phag"ic) a. (Zoöl.) Phytophagous.
Phytophagous
(Phy*toph"a*gous) a. [Phyto- + Gr. to eat.] (Zoöl.) Feeding on plants; herbivorous; as, a
phytophagous animal.
Phytophagy
(Phy*toph"a*gy) n. The eating of plants.
Phytophysiology
(Phy`to*phys`i*ol"o*gy) n. [Phyto- + physiology.] Vegetable physiology.
Phytotomist
(Phy*tot"o*mist) n. One versed in phytotomy.
Phytotomy
(Phy*tot"o*my) n. [Phyto- + Gr. to cut.] The dissection of plants; vegetable anatomy.
Phytozoaria
(||Phy`to*zo*a"ri*a) n. pl. [NL. See Phytozoön.] (Zoöl.) Same as Infusoria.
Phytozoön
(||Phy`to*zo"ön) n.; pl. Phytozoa [NL., fr. Gr. + an animal.] (Zoöl.) A plantlike animal. The
term is sometimes applied to zoöphytes.
Phyz
(Phyz) n. See Phiz.
Pi
(Pi) n. [See Pica, Pie magpie, service-book.] (Print.) A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted.
[Written also pie.]
Pi
(Pi), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pieing ] (Print.) To put into a mixed and disordered
condition, as type; to mix and disarrange the type of; as, to pi a form. [Written also pie.]
Piaçaba
(Pi*aç"a*ba) n. See Piassava.
Piacle
(Pi"a*cle) n. [L. piaculum a propitiatory sacrifice, that which requires expiation, a wicked action,
fr. piare to appease, to expiate, pius pious.] A heinous offense which requires expiation. [R.] Howell.
Piacular
(Pi*ac"u*lar) a. [L. piacularis: cf. F. piaculaire.]
1. Expiatory; atoning. Sir G. C. Lewis.
