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