Phytomorphism

Quick meaning: Phytomorphism is a noun meaning To use a plant-centric perspective.

Meaning

To use a plant-centric perspective.

Example Sentences

As for more properly linear components of the composition, we can speak of phytomorphism (or floralism).

Natasha Myers, the anthropologist who introduced the word 'involution' to describe the tendency for organisms to associate with one another, points out that Charles Darwin seemed quite ready to vegetalise himself, to practice 'phytomorphism.

Among the notable features of this decoration is the treatment of surfaces in flat relief, close to the sculptural form that Gauguin particularly favoured (illus. 33, 96), and 'phytomorphism', meaning the representation of figures and graphic signs in plant form, one aspect of a tendency towards metamorphosis and the permeability of the biological realms.

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