— paleobotanical /pay'lee oh beuh tan"i keuhl/ or, esp. Brit., /pal'ee-/ , paleobotanic , adj. — paleobotanist , n.
/pay'lee oh bot"n ee/ or, esp. Brit., /pal'ee-/ , n.
the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
[ 1870-75; PALEO- + BOTANY ]