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bryology|braɪˈɒlədʒɪ|
[f. Gr. βρύον ‘a kind of mossy sea-weed’, taken in modern science as = ‘moss’ + -λογία discourse: see -logy.]
That branch of botany which treats of mosses. Also used for the species of mosses (collectively) of any country or place. Hence bryoˈlogical a., -ally adv.
1863Berkeley Brit. Mosses vii. 34 Comparing the Bryology of the British Isles with that of Europe. 1881Nature No. 616. 376 On the bryology of the valleys of the rivers Secchio and Magra. |