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phytophagy

phytophagy noun: the eating of plants.

Noun

phytophagy (uncountable)

  1. The eating of plants.

phytophagy meaning in Tamil

phytophagy in Tamil

புதலுண்ணல்

Synonyms of phytophagy

Origin of phytophagy

From phyto- (“plant”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).

Words formed from phytophagy

Questions about phytophagy

What does phytophagy mean?
Phytophagy means the eating of plants.
What is phytophagy in Tamil?
Phytophagy in Tamil is புதலுண்ணல். See Phytophagy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phytophagy?
Phytophagy is a noun.

Words near phytophagy in the dictionary

  1. phytophage
  2. phytophageous
  3. phytophages
  4. phytophagic
  5. phytophagous
  6. phytophagy
  7. phytopharmaceutic
  8. phytopharmaceutical
  9. phytopharmaceuticals
  10. phytopharmacologic
  11. phytopharmacological

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phytophagy (page history and authors); phytophagy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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