phytivorous

English

Etymology

From phyto- + Latin vorare (“to eat greedily”).

Adjective

phytivorous (not comparable)

1. Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous.
   • 1921, The American Naturalist:

     it is seen that even the carnivorous Tethys may be phytivorous

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “phytivorous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)