agrostologyn.
/ˌaɡrəsˈtɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌæɡrəˈstɑlədʒi/ The branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses; (also) †a treatise dealing with this (obsolete).In quot. 1820: with reference to the title of Essai d'une nouvelle agrostographie by the French naturalist A. M. F. J. Palisot de Beauvois, published in 1812.
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agrostology1820
1820 Monthly Mag. or Brit. Reg. Oct. 295/2 His Agrostology has greatly contributed to turn the studious efforts of our young botanists to the knowledge of grasses.
1896 Amer. Naturalist 30 317 The new division of Agrostology..has for its special work the scientific and economic study of the grasses.
1937 S. F. Armstrong Brit. Grasses (ed. 3) p. vi No suitable text-book on the subject of British Agricultural Agrostology at present exists.
1962 Times 16 Oct. 2/5 (advt.) There will also be facilities for detailed experiments in agrostology at the field station.
2006 J. Raimes Gardening at Ginger ix. 90 Examining a flower, or spikelet, under a lens and comparing it to..his drawings... That's a job for professionals or for serious students of agrostology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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