Hepaticology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta). uncountable

    "Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all."

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"Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all."

Etymology

From hepatic + -ology.

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