The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phytotomist
Phytotomist \Phy*tot"o*mist\, n. One versed in phytotomy.
Wiktionary
phytotomist
n. One versed in phytotomy.
Usage examples of "phytotomist".
Thayer worked for Thomas, but not as phytotomist, or plant expert or whatever the word meant.
I intended giving the Thomas establishment would help clear up the mystery, particularly as to why there should be so much skull-duggery over something a phytotomist had discovered.