phyt-
(faɪt, fɪt)
combining form used before a vowel for phyto-.
phytalˈbumin, vegetable albumin. phyˈtalbumose, a form of albumen occurring in plants. phyteˈconomy, vegetable economy. phytœˈcology [Gr. οἶκος abode: see -logy], the science which treats of plants in relation to their environment or habitat; so phytœˈcologist.
| 1899 J. Cagney tr. Jaksch's Clin. Diagn. viii. (ed. 4) 405 The products of bacterial life, toxines, and *phytalbumins appear also to play an important part in the process of suppuration. |
| 1890 Cent. Dict., *Phytalbumose. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 520 Ricin and abrin, phytalbumoses obtained from the seed of the castor-oil plant. 1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2154. 920 The action of some of the phytalbumoses. |
| 1898 Naturalist 180 If soils are a factor in its *phyteconomy. |
| 1899 Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 99 One of the general views of *phytoecology is that the forms of plants are modified to adapt them to the conditions under which they exist. Ibid. 104 The *phytoecologist to-day watches his subject as it grows. |