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silvology.

The scientific study of forests.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The scientific study of forests.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From silva + -o- + -logy. From Latin silva (“forest”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “study of”). Coined by Roeloff Oldeman in 1990 in his book Forests: elements of silvology.

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