paleobotany

paleobotany
paleobotanical /pay'lee oh beuh tan"i keuhl/ or, esp. Brit., /pal'ee-/, paleobotanic, adj.paleobotanist, n.
/pay'lee oh bot"n ee/ or, esp. Brit., /pal'ee-/, n.
the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
[1870-75; PALEO- + BOTANY]

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