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pharmacophagy

pharmacophagy noun: the consumption of plants etc. to acquire beneficial chemicals, rather than for nutrition.

Noun

pharmacophagy (uncountable)

  1. The consumption of plants etc. to acquire beneficial chemicals, rather than for nutrition.

Origin of pharmacophagy

From pharmaco- + -phagy.

Questions about pharmacophagy

What does pharmacophagy mean?
Pharmacophagy means the consumption of plants etc. to acquire beneficial chemicals, rather than for nutrition.
What part of speech is pharmacophagy?
Pharmacophagy is a noun.

Words near pharmacophagy in the dictionary

  1. pharmacopeist
  2. pharmacopeists
  3. pharmacoperone
  4. pharmacoperones
  5. pharmacophagous
  6. pharmacophagy
  7. pharmacophenotype
  8. pharmacophenotypes
  9. pharmacophilia
  10. pharmacophobia
  11. pharmacophore

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