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silvology en · NOUN

Etymology

From silva + -o- + -logy. From Latin silva (“forest”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “study of”). Coined by Roeloff Oldeman in 1990 in his book Forests: elements of silvology.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The scientific study of forests.

Relateds

silvologist · forestry · silviculture