muscologicaladj.
/ˌmʌskəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌməskəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Botany.
Of or relating to muscology.
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muscological1872
1872 R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. at Muscology Muscological.
1876 Biogr. Encycl. Ohio 19th Cent. 666/1 He began studying cryptogamic botany, or rather the muscological part.
1958 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 45 562/2 If the sporogenous layer in the true mosses in general marks the outer limit of the endothecium, an article of muscological faith subject to query, then these six layers would seem to be amphithecial.
1989 Brittonia 41 334 John Macoun is likely best known as..the author of a catalog of Canadian plants, both phanerogamic and (‘muscological disaster’) cryptogamic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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