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phytolatry

phytolatry noun: the worship of plants.

Noun

phytolatry (uncountable)

  1. The worship of plants.
    • An impressive chapel to this day commemorates his stay there; but more venerated than this, perhaps, is the little tree at the entrance to the town which was for a long time the object of an extraordinary phytolatry.2010, Euclides da Cunha, Rebellion in the Backlands, page 132

Origin of phytolatry

From phyto- + -latry.

Questions about phytolatry

What does phytolatry mean?
Phytolatry means the worship of plants.
What part of speech is phytolatry?
Phytolatry is a noun.

Words near phytolatry in the dictionary

  1. phytolaccaceous
  2. phytolaccas
  3. phytolaccinic acid
  4. phytolaccoside
  5. phytolaccosides
  6. phytolatry
  7. phytolipid
  8. phytolipids
  9. phytolite
  10. phytolites
  11. phytolith

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