bryology

noun

bry·ol·o·gy brī-ˈä-lə-jē

: moss life or biology

: a branch of botany that deals with the bryophytes

bryological

brī-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl

adjective

bryologist

brī-ˈä-lə-jist

noun

Word History

Etymology

bryo- + -logy, after New Latin bryologia or German Bryologie

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circa 1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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