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- English Word Physoclist Definition One of the Physoclisti.
- English Word Physoclisti Definition An order of teleost in which the air bladder has no opening.
- English Word Physograde Definition Any siphonophore which has an air sac for a float, as the Physalia.
- English Word Physophorae Definition An order of Siphonophora, furnished with an air sac, or float, and a series of nectocalyces. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.
- English Word Physopod Definition One of the Physopoda; a thrips.
- English Word Physopoda Definition Same as Thysanoptera.
- English Word Physostigmine Definition An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.
- English Word Physostomi Definition An order of fishes in which the air bladder is provided with a duct, and the ventral fins, when present, are abdominal. It includes the salmons, herrings, carps, catfishes, and others.
- English Word Physostomous Definition Having a duct to the air bladder.
- English Word Physostomous Definition Pertaining to the Physostomi.
- English Word Phytelephas Definition A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which furnish the substance called vegetable ivory.
- English Word Phytivorous Definition Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous; as, phytivorous animals.
- English Word Phyto- Definition A combining form from Gr. fyto`n a plant; as, phytochemistry, phytography.
- English Word Phytochemical Definition Relating to phytochemistry.
- English Word Phytochemistry Definition Chemistry in its relation to vegetable bodies; vegetable chemistry.
- English Word Phytochimy Definition Phytochemistry.
- English Word Phytogenesis Definition Alt. of Phytogeny
- English Word Phytogeny Definition The doctrine of the generation of plants.
- English Word Phytogeographical Definition Of or pertaining to phytogeography.
- English Word Phytogeography Definition The geographical distribution of plants.