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forestology

forestology noun: the study of forests.

Noun

forestology (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The study of forests.
    • Was this a new discovery in forestology? The thought was too exciting, and forgetting the weariness of the tired limbs, I proceeded to climb up and get specimens of leaves and cones, and to make notes of the new discovery.1902, Thomas W. Webber, The Forests of Upper India and Their Inhabitants, page 83
    • West Virginia, from the standpoint of forestology, is located in the north central portion of that more or less oval-shaped but distinct forest region […]1929, David G. White, “The Hardwoods of West Virginia in Industry”, in The Southern Lumberman, volume 137, page 159

Origin of forestology

From forest + -ology.

Questions about forestology

What does forestology mean?
Forestology means the study of forests.
What part of speech is forestology?
Forestology is a noun.

Words near forestology in the dictionary

  1. forestness
  2. forestock
  3. forestocks
  4. forestocracies
  5. forestocracy
  6. forestology
  7. forestomach
  8. forestomachs
  9. Foreston
  10. forestone
  11. forestones

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