Meaning of phytomorphism | Babel Free

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To use a plant-centric perspective.

uncountable

Examples

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

“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.”

“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.”

CEFR level