phytoid (fitoid)

[ in appearance. Phytol acc a (fi-to-lak'a), n . [NL. (Tournefort, 1700), so called in allusion to the crimson juice Phytomyidæ (fi-tō-mī'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., Phy tomyia + -idæ.] A family of dipterous insects named from the genus Phytomyia, formerly merged in Muscidæ. Often called Phytomyzi dæ, as by Osten Sacken, 1878. phyton (fi'ton), n. [NL., 1840. phytonomy (fi-ton'ō-mi), n. [F. phytonomie = Sp. fitonomía = It. fitonomia , fitonimia , φυτόν , plant, + νόμος , law.) The science of the laws of plant-growth. phytopaleontologist (fi-to-pā"lē-on-tol'ō-jist), n . [ phytopaleontolog - y + -ist .] Same as pa leo botanist. The nature of some impre ions described by phytopa leontologists as remains of fo il Algæ. Science, I. 252. phage = Pg. phytiphago = It. fit of a go,