lichenology

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noun

li·​chen·​ol·​o·​gy ˌlī-kə-ˈnä-lə-jē 

British also ˌli-chə-

: the study of lichens

lichenological

ˌlī-kə-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 

British also ˌli-chə-

adjective

lichenologist

ˌlī-kə-ˈnä-lə-jist 

British also ˌli-chə-

noun

lichenologic

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adjective

li·​chen·​o·​log·​ic

¦līkənō¦läjik

variants or lichenological

-jə̇kəl 

: of or relating to lichenology

Examples of lichenology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

That work paid off with a major advance: a July 2016 cover story in Science that rocked the ossified world of lichenology. — Erica Gies, Scientific American, 1 June 2017

Word History

Etymology

Noun

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

Noun

1855, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lichenology

• aetiology
• anthropology
• archaeology
• archeology
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• climatology
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