bryology

noun

bry·​ol·​o·​gy brī-ˈä-lə-jē 

1

: moss life or biology

2

: a branch of botany that deals with the bryophytes

bryological

brī-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 

adjective

bryologist

brī-ˈä-lə-jist 

noun

Word History

Etymology

bryo- + -logy, after New Latin bryologia or German Bryologie

First Known Use

circa 1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bryology

• anthology
• apology
• astrology
• biology
• christology
• chronology
• conchology
• cosmology
• cryptology
• cytology
• doxology
• ecology