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Word Unit: phyco-, phyc- (Greek: alga, algae; seaweed).

Word Unit: phylacto-, phylact-, phylac-, phylax- (Greek: guard, protect, preserve).

Word Unit: phyllo-, phyll-, -phyll, -phyllous (Greek: leaf, leaves).

Word Unit: phylo-, phyl- (Greek: tribe, race; class; clan).

Word Unit: phys-, physo- + (Greek: breath, wind; pertaining to air or gas; bellows, bladder, bubble; swollen; as seen in many modern scientific terms).

Cross references of word groups that are related, directly or indirectly, to: "air, wind": aello-; aeolo-; aero-; anemo-; atmo-; austro-; flat-, flatu-; pneo-, -pnea; pneumato-; turb-; vent-; zephyro-.

Word Unit: physalo-, physal-, physali- + (Greek: bubble).

Word Unit: physic-, physico-, physi-, physio-, phy- (Greek: nature, natural, inborn [to make grow, to produce]).

Word Unit: Physical Song (with special implications).

Word Unit: phyto-, phyt-, -phyte (Greek: a plant; growth [growing in a specified way or place; to produce]).

Word Unit: pi (Greek: the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet).

Word Unit: pica (Latin: magpie; related to Latin, picus, "woodpecker"; probably translated from Greek kissa, kitta, "magpie, jay").

Word Unit: Pica Again (a danger to both young and old).

Word Unit: pici-, pic- (Latin: woodpecker).

Word Unit: pico- [PEE koh] (Italian: very small or from Spanish, "beak, tip, very small"; and from Latin, beccus, beak; also, a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements).

Word Unit: picro-, picr- (Greek: bitter, sharp, pungent).

Word Unit: pict-, paint- + (Latin: paint, painting; picture).

Word Unit: piet-, pious- (Latin: from pius, dutiful, dutiful conduct; kind, kindness; devout; compassion).

Word Unit: piezo-, piez- + (Greek: to press; pressure; to squeeze).

Word Unit: pigment-, pigmento- + (Latin: "paint"; coloring matter involving both animals and plants).

Word Unit: pil- + (Latin: to gather, to pillage, to plunder, to rob, to steal, to snatch, to heap up (as stones), and to carry off).

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