noun
the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)
• Syn: ↑herbal therapy, ↑botanical medicine
• Topics: ↑plant, ↑flora, ↑plant life
• Hypernyms: ↑therapy
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\\|fīd.ō+\ nounEtymology: International Scientific Vocabulary phyt- + therapy
1. : the use of vegetable drugs in medicine
2. : the treatment of disease or parasitism in the individual plant
Useful english dictionary. 2012.