| BRYOPHYTE | • bryophyte n. (Botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts… • BRYOPHYTE n. a member of the Bryophyta, one of the main groups of the vegetable kingdom, mosses and liverworts. |
| CHEMITYPY | • chemitypy n. (Historical) A process for obtaining casts in relief from an engraved zinc plate. A fusible metal is… • CHEMITYPY n. printing by chemitype, any chemical process for obtaining impressions from an engraving. |
| CRYOPHYTE | • cryophyte n. (Botany) Any plant whose buds overwinter below ground. • cryophyte n. (Botany) Any plant that grows on ice or snow. • CRYOPHYTE n. an organism esp. an alga or moss that grows on snow or ice. |
| CYANOTYPE | • cyanotype n. (Uncountable) An early photographic process employing paper sensitized with a cyanide. • cyanotype n. (Countable) A photographic print produced by means of this process. • CYANOTYPE n. a blueprint. |
| HELIOTYPY | • heliotypy n. A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which… • HELIOTYPY n. a photomechanical process in which the gelatine relief is itself used to print from. |
| HYLOPHYTE | • HYLOPHYTE n. a woodland plant. |
| HYPOSTYLE | • hypostyle adj. (Architecture) Having a roof supported on a row of columns. • hypostyle n. (Architecture) A building or chamber whose roof is supported on a row of columns. • HYPOSTYLE adj. having a roof supported by columns. |
| KARYOTYPE | • karyotype n. (Genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species. • karyotype n. (Genetics) A record of such characteristics, usually photographic. • karyotype n. (Obsolete, genetics) A group of individuals or species that have the same chromosomal characteristics. |
| PHYTOGENY | • phytogeny n. (Biology) phytogenesis. • PHYTOGENY n. the doctrine of the generation of plants. |
| POLYSTYLE | • polystyle adj. (Architecture) Having many columns; said of a building, especially of an interior part or court. • polystyle n. A hall or edifice with many columns. • POLYSTYLE adj. having many columns, also POLYSTYLAR. |
| POLYTYPED | • polytyped v. Simple past tense and past participle of polytype. • POLYTYPE v. to produce by use of a cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. |
| POLYTYPES | • polytypes n. Plural of polytype. • POLYTYPE v. to produce by use of a cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. |
| PYGOSTYLE | • pygostyle n. The plate supporting the tail-feathers in birds, formed from fused vertebrae. • PYGOSTYLE n. the bone of a bird's tail. |
| PYROMETRY | • pyrometry n. The measurement of high temperatures. • PYROMETRY n. the art of measuring degrees of heat, or the expansion of bodies by heat. |
| STENOTYPY | • stenotypy n. The use of the stenotype to take down messages in shorthand. • STENOTYPY n. a type of shorthand using ordinary characters. |
| SYMPETALY | • sympetaly n. Gamopetaly. • SYMPETALY n. of petals, being united. |
| TYPESTYLE | • typestyle n. A specific typeface. • TYPESTYLE n. a style of type. |
| ZYGOPHYTE | • zygophyte n. (Botany, obsolete) Any plant of a formerly proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta… • ZYGOPHYTE n. a plant that reproduces by the union of two similar cells. |