Definition of Palaeobotany

1. Noun. The study of fossil plants.

Exact synonyms: Paleobotany
Generic synonyms: Botany, Phytology, Palaeobiology, Paleobiology
Specialized synonyms: Palaeodendrology, Paleodendrology

Definition of Palaeobotany

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of paleobotany) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palaeobotany

palaeoanthropologists
palaeoanthropology
palaeobiogeographer
palaeobiogeographers
palaeobiogeographic
palaeobiogeographical
palaeobiogeography
palaeobiologic
palaeobiological
palaeobiologist
palaeobiologists
palaeobiology
palaeobotanical
palaeobotanist
palaeobotanists
palaeobotany (current term)
palaeoceanographer
palaeoceanographers
palaeoceanographic
palaeoceanography
palaeoclimate
palaeoclimates
palaeoclimatic
palaeoclimatologic
palaeoclimatological
palaeoclimatologist
palaeoclimatologists
palaeoclimatology
palaeoconservative
palaeoconservatives

Literary usage of Palaeobotany

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"... palaeobotany Fig. i.—Calamités. Part of transverse section of a young stem, showing pith, vascular bundles with secondary wood, and cortex. ..."

2. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"CHAPTER XLIII.' GENERAL RELATIONS OF PLANTS TO TIME. THE subject of palaeobotany or ... palaeobotany ..."

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