Lichenology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The scientific study of lichens. uncountable

    "You start out pulling a few weeds, and the next thing you know you're studying for finals in lichenology."

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"You start out pulling a few weeds, and the next thing you know you're studying for finals in lichenology."

Etymology

From lichen + -ology.

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