Nouns starting with P

• Phytelephas macrocarpa — Noun – English ～ a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
• phytochemical — Noun – English ～ a chemical substance obtained from plants that is biologically active but not nutritive
• phytochemist — Noun – English ～ a chemist who specializes in the chemistry of plants
• phytochemistry — Noun – English ～ the branch of organic chemistry dealing with the chemistry of plants
• phytohormone — Noun – English ～ (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
• Phytolacca acinosa — Noun – English ～ pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China
• Phytolacca americana — Noun – English ～ tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
• Phytolacca — Noun – English ～ type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed
• Phytolacca dioica — Noun – English ～ fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves
• Phytolaccaceae — Noun – English ～ chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma
• phytologist — Noun – English ～ a biologist specializing in the study of plants
• phytology — Noun – English ～ the branch of biology that studies plants
• Phytomastigina — Noun – English ～ plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algae
• phytonadione — Noun – English ～ a form of vitamin K
• Phytophthora citrophthora — Noun – English ～ causes brown rot gummosis in citrus fruits
• Phytophthora infestans — Noun – English ～ fungus causing late blight in solanaceous plants especially tomatoes and potatoes
• phytophthora — Noun – English ～ destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants
• phytoplankton — Noun – English ～ photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae
• phytotherapy — Noun – English ～ the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)
• phytotoxin — Noun – English ～ any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin

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