'Pharmacognosis' definitions:
Definition of 'Pharmacognosis'
From: GCIDE
- Pharmacognosis \Phar`ma*cog*no"sis\, n. [Gr. fa`rmakon a drug + gnw^sis a knowing.] That branch of pharmacology which treats of unprepared medicines or simples; -- usually called pharmacognosy, and also pharmacography, and pharmacomathy. [1913 Webster]