rhodologistn.
/rə(ʊ)ˈdɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌroʊˈdɑlədʒəst/ Botany.
A person who studies roses, esp. from a taxonomic point of view.
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the world > plants > botany > [noun] > study of specific parts or types of plants > one with knowledge of other specific plants
cryptogamist1793
cryptologist1835
rhodologist1870
batologist1889
1870 Nature 2 June 92/1 The British..rhodologist..will still find..forms of bramble and dog-rose.
1911 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 49 298 Several important works on Scandinavian roses have been put forth by the distinguished Swedish rhodologist, Dr. S. Almquist.
1924 A. H. Wolley-Dod Roses of Britain 3 Continental rhodologists have expressed the opinion that the genus reaches its greatest degree of complication in Britain.
1968 Biogr. Mem. Fellows Royal Soc. 14 258 The fuller understanding of the basis of variation in British roses..led ultimately to disagreement with the more traditional taxonomic views taken by rhodologists of the period.
1993 G. G. Graham & A. L. Primavesi Roses of Great Brit. & Ireland iii. 13 Before this propensity to hybridize was recognized, rhodologists were apt to give specific rank to many of these hybrids.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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