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agrostology en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄγρωστις (ágrōstis, “grass”), from ἄγρωστης (ágrōstēs, “farmer”), from ἀγρός (agrós, “field”) + λόγος (lógos, “study, speech, reason”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The scientific study of grasses.
   • From 1905 to 1936 she collaborated with Albert Spear Hitchcock, a specialist in agrostology, the study of grasses. 1986, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Women in Science: Antiquity Through the Nineteenth Century:

Coordinates

agrostography

Deriveds

agrostologist · agrostologic · agrostological · paleoagrostology

Relateds

agrostis

Synonyms

graminology

Translations (6)

sh agrostològija (study of grasses) · sh агростоло̀гија (study of grasses) · pt agrostologia (study of grasses) · km តិណជាតិវិទ្យា (study of grasses) · el αγρωστολογία (study of grasses) · fr agrostologie (study of grasses)