phytotomy

Definition

The study of the internal structures of plants.

Etymology

From phyto- + -tomy.

Example Sentences

• "Phytotomy, or anatomy of plants"
• "Having often been asked for the names of the plants in which these crystals may be most conveniently examined and distinguished, probably a short list of them, with a few explanatory remarks, would be useful to the students of this interesting and too much neglected branch of microscopic phytotomy."
• "Anatomy may be divided into two great classes, Phytotomy, or vegetable anatomy, and Zoötomy, or animal anatomy."