paleobotany

American  

[pey-lee-oh-bot-n-ee, pal-ee-] / ˌpeɪ li oʊˈbɒt n i, ˌpæl i- /

noun

1. the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.

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paleobotany Scientific  

/ pā′lē-ō-bŏt′n-ē /

1. The branch of paleontology that deals with plant fossils and ancient vegetation.

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Other Word Forms

• paleobotanic adjective
• paleobotanical adjective
• paleobotanist noun

Etymology

Origin of paleobotany

First recorded in 1870–75; paleo- + botany

Example Sentences

Using CT scanning technology, Steven Manchester, curator of paleobotany at the Florida Museum of Natural History, created 3D reconstructions of the original fossil specimens and others collected since.

From Science Daily

Luckily, Colin loved the idea that she would have naturally evolved into dealing with the climate crisis in her awareness of paleobotany and soil science and DNA.

From New York Times

Preivously, scientists knew very little about the paleobotany of the period between the last group of megaherbivores and their mammalian successors in the Late Eocene.

From Salon

William Carruthers rose to become keeper of botany at the British Museum, and "a towering figure at the time in paleobotany".

From BBC

“Were it not for the asteroid, humans would never have evolved,” said Ian Miller, curator of paleobotany and director of earth and space sciences at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

From Reuters