pharmacognosy


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pharmacognosy /ˌfɑːməˈkɒgnəsi/
noun the branch of knowledge concerned with medicinal drugs obtained from plants or other natural sources.
– derivatives
pharmacognosist noun.
– origin C19: from pharmaco- + gnōsis ‘knowledge’.
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