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Vinony

hepaticology

noun

  1. the branch of botany that deals with the Hepaticae
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From hepatic + -ology.

  1. The scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta).

    “Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.”