silvology
The scientific study of forestsThe scientific study of forests.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The scientific study of forests.
Origin
From silva + -o- + -logy. From Latin silva (“forest”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “stuFrom 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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