phytologist

English

Etymology

From phyto- +‎ -logist.

Noun

phytologist (plural phytologists)

1. Someone skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist.
   • 1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:

     our learned phytologist Mr. Ray

References

• “phytologist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.