pa|le|o|bot|a|nist

pa|le|o|bot|a|nist
pa|le|o|bot|a|nist «PAY lee oh BOT uh nihst, PAL ee-», noun.
a person skilled in paleobotany: »

Fossil plants have suffered much alteration and the paleobotanist…is from the first concerned with the details of preservation and the use of unpromising material (Tom. M. Harris).


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