lichenologyn.
/ˌlʌɪkəˈnɒlədʒi/, /ˌlɪtʃᵻˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌlaɪkəˈnɑlədʒi/ The science that treats of lichens.
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the world > plants > botany > [noun] > study of specific parts or types of plants > lichens
lichenographya1819
lichenology1855
1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860)
1856 W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 7 A sufficient basis whereupon to found our plea for the study of Lichenology.
1887 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi 419 The Regensburg ‘Flora’ is a rich repertory of Lichenology since 1855.
Derivatives
licheˈnologic adj.
lichenoˈlogical adj. of or pertaining to lichenology.
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1856 W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 3 The lichenological student requires no cumbrous or expensive apparatus.
1881 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 19 128 He was an excellent lichenologist and published many lichenological papers.
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