'Pharmacognosy' definitions:
Definition of 'Pharmacognosy'
From: GCIDE
- Pharmacognosy \Phar`ma*cog"no*sy\, n.
- 1. Pharmacognosis. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The study of the distribution of, methods for finding, and properties of medically useful agents in natural sources, especially plants. [PJC]
Definition of 'pharmacognosy'
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]