phytolatry

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noun

The worship of plants.

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Meanings

nounphytolatry (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe worship of plants.

    An impressive chapel to this day commemorates his stay there; but more venerated than this, perhaps, is the little tree at the entrance to the town which was for a long time the object of an extraordinary phytolatry.

    2010, Euclides da Cunha, Rebellion in the Backlands, page 132

Origin

From phyto- + -latry.

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phytolatry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phytolatry

MLA

“phytolatry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phytolatry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phytolatry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phytolatry.

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