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PHYTOTHERAPY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phytotherapy mean?
• PHYTOTHERAPY (noun)
The noun PHYTOTHERAPY has 1 sense:
1. the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)
Familiarity information: PHYTOTHERAPY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
botanical medicine; herbal therapy; phytotherapy
Hypernyms ("phytotherapy" is a kind of...):
therapy ((medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.))
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
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