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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mycology has 1 sense
- mycology(n = noun.cognition) Array - the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases; Array is a kind of botany, phytology
Derived form noun mycologist1
CIDE DICTIONARY
mycology, n. [Gr. my`khs fungus + -logy.].
That branch of botanical science which relates to the mushrooms and other fungi. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mycology, n.
1 the study of fungi.
2 the fungi of a particular region.
1 the study of fungi.
2 the fungi of a particular region.
Derivative
mycological adj. mycologically adv. mycologist n.
Etymology
Gk mukes mushroom + -LOGY
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mycology
algology, aquiculture, botany, bryology, dendrology, fungology, hydroponics, paleobotany, phycology, physiological botany, phytobiology, phytochemistry, phytoecology, phytogeography, phytography, phytology, phytomorphology, phytonomy, phytopaleontology, phytopathology, phytotaxonomy, phytoteratology, phytotomy, phytotopography, plant anatomy, plant pathology, plant physiology, pomology, structural botany, systematic botanyROGET THESAURUS
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Organization
N organization, organized world, organized nature, living nature, animated nature, living beings, organic remains, fossils, protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein, albumen, structure, organization, organism, biology, natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology, naturalist, archegenesis, antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph, ecology, oecology, erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination, isogamy, oogamy, karyaster, macrogamete, microgamete, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote, Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism, morphology, taxonomy, organic, organized, karyoplasmic, unsegmentic, vacuolar, zoogloeic, zoogloeoid.Botany
N botany, physiological botany, structural botany, systematic botany, phytography, phytology, phytotomy, vegetable physiology, herborization, dendrology, mycology, fungology, algology, flora, romona, botanic garden, hortus siccus, herbarium, herbal, botanist, herbist, herbarist, herbalist, herborist, herbarian, botanical, botanic.
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