pa·leo·bot·a·ny
| \ ˌpā-lē-ō-ˈbä-tə-nē
, -ˈbät-nē \
, -ˈbät-nē \
Definition of paleobotany
: a branch of botany dealing with fossil plants
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Other Words from paleobotany
paleobotanical
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ˌpā-lē-ō-bə-ˈta-ni-kəl
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or less commonly paleobotanic \
ˌpā-lē-ō-bə-ˈta-nik
\ adjective
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or less commonly paleobotanic \
ˌpā-lē-ō-bə-ˈta-nik
\ adjective
paleobotanically
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ˌpā-lē-ō-bə-ˈta-ni-k(ə-)lē
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adverb
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adverb
paleobotanist
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ˌpā-lē-ō-ˈbä-tə-nist
, -ˈbät-nist
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noun
, -ˈbät-nist
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noun
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Get behind-the-scenes looks with Dr. Ron Tykoski, learn about paleobotany with Dr. Dori Contreras, hear paleontologists sound off on dinosaur movies, and participate in trivia, a Q&A session and more.
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Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, "Perot Museum’s adults-only Social Science event goes virtual," 23 Apr. 2020
This area has an intrinsically variable climate that alternates between flooding and drought, explains Scott Wing, research geologist and curator of paleobotany at the National Museum of Natural History.
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Anna Diamond, Smithsonian, "Do Goats Really Love to Jump and More Questions From Our Readers," 23 Aug. 2019
Investigators of the Great Maya Aquifer Project see the (re)discovery of Balamku as a chance to implement a totally new model of cave archaeology, one that employs cutting-edge technology and specialized fields such as 3-D mapping and paleobotany.
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Gena Steffens, National Geographic, "Maya ritual cave ‘untouched’ for 1,000 years stuns archaeologists," 4 Mar. 2019
The institute once focused exclusively on paleobotany.
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Sanjay Kumar, Science | AAAS, "India’s paleontologists fight destruction of its fossil riches," 4 Apr. 2018
There's Park University biology professor Patricia Ryberg, who studies the anatomy and morphology of paleobotany, or fossilized plants.
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Danny Uhlmann, National Geographic, "Five New Fossil Forests Found in Antarctica," 16 Mar. 2018
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“Paleobotany.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paleobotany. Accessed 9 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of paleobotany was in 1872
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