Actuopalynology
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Noun
- 1 The branch of palynology concerned with the study of modern-day pollens and spores, rather than with fossils. uncountable
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From actuo- (“present, current, living, active”) + palynology, from French actuel, from Latin actuālis + Ancient Greek παλύνω (palúnō, “I sprinkle, scatter”) (from πάλη (pálē, “fine meal, dust”)) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía). By surface analysis, actuo- + palyno- + -log + -y.
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