PALEOBOTANY
Dictionary entry overview: What does paleobotany mean? • PALEOBOTANY (noun)
The noun PALEOBOTANY has 1 sense:
1. the study of fossil plants
Familiarity information: PALEOBOTANY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PALEOBOTANY (noun)
Meaning:
The study of fossil plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
palaeobotany; paleobotany
Hypernyms ("paleobotany" is a kind of...):
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
palaeobiology; paleobiology (a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paleobotany"):
palaeodendrology; paleodendrology (the branch of paleobotany that studies fossil trees)
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