Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The study of grasses.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. That part of botany which relates to grasses.
Wiktionary
- n. The study of grasses.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. That part of botany which treats of the grasses.
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek άγρωστις (agrostis) "grass", from αγρωστής (agrostes) "farmer", from αγρός (agros) "field" + λόγος (logos) "study, speech, reason" (Wiktionary)
- Greek agrōstis, a kind of wild grass (from agros, field; see agro-) + -logy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“There are also some handwritten lecture notes on agrostology, i.e. the scientific study of grass.”
“Mel Duvall, Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 (agrostology)”
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