"study of seaweeds, the department of botany that treats of algae or seaweed," 1847, from phyco- + -logy. Related: Phycological; phycologist.
phrenzy
Phrygian
phthisic
phthisis
phyco-
phycology
phylactery
phyletic
Phyllis
phyllo-
phyllo
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