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xenobotany

xenobotany noun: the study of alien plants.

Noun

xenobotany (uncountable)

  1. The study of alien plants.
    • An oddly lucid part of his stunned mind registered that these were the first fruiting bodies he'd seen. But this was hardly the time for exercising one of the specialties that had got him onto the intercept ship, xenobotany.2008, Eric Flint, Dave Freer, Slow Train to Arcturus
    • Terrell quipped to the new tactical officer, “He also holds doctorates in archaeology and xenobotany. So, if you get the urge to debate him about fossils or flowers . . . don't.”2012, David Mack, Star Trek: Vanguard: Storming Heaven

Origin of xenobotany

From xeno- + botany.

Questions about xenobotany

What does xenobotany mean?
Xenobotany means the study of alien plants.
What part of speech is xenobotany?
Xenobotany is a noun.

Words near xenobotany in the dictionary

  1. xenoblast
  2. xenoblasts
  3. xenobot
  4. xenobotanist
  5. xenobotanists
  6. xenobotany
  7. xenobots
  8. xenocarpy
  9. xenoceltitid
  10. xenoceltitids
  11. xenocentric

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