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pharmacognosy

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Noun
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phar=ma=cog=no=sy

CIDE DICTIONARY

pharmacognosyn. 
  •  Pharmacognosis.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The study of the distribution of, methods for finding, and properties of medically useful agents in natural sources, especially plants.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pharmacognosy, n. the science of drugs, esp. relating to medicinal products in their natural or unprepared state.

Etymology
Gk pharmakon drug + gnosis knowledge

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