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Of or pertaining to phytology; botanical.

One skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist. Evelyn.

That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology. "Necessity, the tyrant's plea." Milton. No plea must serve; 't is cruelty to spare. Denham.

The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive rocks of the earth''s crust were formed by igneous fusion; -- opposed to the Neptunian theory.

The branch of meteorology treating of the automatic registration of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc.; also, the graphic presentation of precipitation data.

That department of meteorology that treats of the measurement of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc.

A combining form from Gr. wind, air, breath, respiration; as, pneumatograph, pneumatology.

Of or pertaining to pneumatology.

One versed in pneumatology.

A combining form from Gr. a lung; as, pneumogastric, pneumology.

A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, podocarp, podocephalous, podology.

ng, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.

The culture of fruit; pomology as an art.

Of or pertaining to pomology.

One versed in pomology; one who culticvates fruit trees.

nt; insignificant; as, a poor excuse. That I have wronged no man will be a poor plea or apology at the last day. Calamy.

A subdivision of the Chemung period in American geology. See Chart of Geology.

Pertaining to posology.

An account or description of rivers; potamology.

A subdivision of the Primordial or Cambrian period in American geology; -- so named from the sandstone of Potsdam, New York. See Chart of Geology.