phytophthire (fit of thir)

[ phytopaleontology (fi-to-pale-on-tol'ō-ji), n. [ φυτόν , plant, + E. paleontology .] Same norhynchi. See cuts under coccus , cochineal , Aphis , and as paleobotany . It is to defend his position, and that, indeed, of phyto paleontology. Science, I. 253. phytopathological (fi-to-path-o-loj'i-kal), a. -ic-al.] or pertaining IMG:content-0105.jpg:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia of the berries; lac, F. lac, lake: see lac2, lake3.] A genus of plants, type of the order Phytol acc aceæ and tribe Euphytolacceæ, characterized by the depre ed globose berry of from five to twelve se ile car pels. There are 10 species, mainly tropical and American, a African and Asiatic. vary greatly in habit, being shrubs, herbs, or trees, erect or climbing, smooth or hairy, and with round, grooved, or angled branches. They bear alternate undivided leaves, and small flowers in axil lary racemes or opposite the leaves, at first apparently medicinal properties, especially P. decandra, one of the most characteristic of American plants (for which see poke weed, also called coakum, scoke, redweed, red - ink plant, ink berry - weed, pigeon berry, garget, and foxglove ). P. icosandra, a small and shrubby plant, is cultivated for its graceful drooping racemes of white flowers, under the name of hy drangea-leafed poke. P. octandra is the Spanish calalu, or West Indian foxglove. (For P. dioica, also called tree - poke and umbra - tree, see bellasombra - tree.) P. esculent a has been cultivated, often under the name of Pircunia, as a substitute for asparagus and for spinach. Phytol acc aceæ (fī tō-la-kā'sē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Lindley, 1835),