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phytochemical

phytochemical adjective: pertaining to the chemistry of plants.

Adjective

phytochemical (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the chemistry of plants.
    • The plants used belonged to botanical families known to have little phytochemical significance.1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 87

Noun

phytochemical (plural phytochemicals)

  1. Any chemical substance characteristic of plants.
  2. Any chemical or nutrient derived from a plant source; a phytonutrient.

Forms of phytochemical

pluralphytochemicals

Origin of phytochemical

From phyto- + chemical.

Words formed from phytochemical

Questions about phytochemical

What does phytochemical mean?
Phytochemical means pertaining to the chemistry of plants.
What part of speech is phytochemical?
Phytochemical can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near phytochemical in the dictionary

  1. phytochelatin
  2. phytochelatine
  3. phytochelatines
  4. phytochelatins
  5. phytochelation
  6. phytochemical
  7. phytochemically
  8. phytochemicals
  9. phytochemist
  10. phytochemistry
  11. phytochemists

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