Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The study of grasses.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That part of botany which relates to grasses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That part of botany which treats of the grasses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The study of
grasses .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek agrōstis, a kind of wild grass (from agros, field; see agro–) + –logy.]
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From Ancient Greek άγρωστις (agrostis) "grass", from αγρωστής (agrostes) "farmer", from αγρός (agros) "field" + λόγος (logos) "study, speech, reason"
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Examples
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There are also some handwritten lecture notes on agrostology, i.e. the scientific study of grass.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Mel Duvall, Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 (agrostology)
Chapter 11 1993
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Agrostology is the branch of botany dedicated to grasses.
19 thoughts on "touch grass" Alexis Madrigal 2023
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