phyto-, phyt-, -phyte

A reference to the descriptions of seaweeds.

A person who specializes in the descriptions of seaweeds.

A written description of plants; descriptive botany.

Idolatrous worship of the planets.

Microscopic silica bodies that form in living plants, providing a durable floral ecofact that allows identification of plant remains in archaeological deposits.

It is a fossilized part of a living plant that secreted opal silica bodies and it is found within the cells of certain plants; especially, grasses and cereals.

These silica bodies are often able to survive after the organism has decomposed or been burned. They are common in ash layers, pottery, and even on stone tools used to cut the stems of silica-rich plants (for example, cereals).

Different plants produce phytoliths with different characteristic shapes and sizes, although not all are unique to specific species. These can be detected by an electronic scanning microscope.

A craze for collecting plants.

1. A parasitic plant.
2. Any parasitic vegetable organism or species.

Producing disease in plants.

1. The study of plant diseases and their control.
2. The pathology of diseases caused by plant parasites.

Any plant disease.

Feeding on plants or on plant material.