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Jun 1, 2011
This week's theme
Words made with combining forms

This week's words
logorrhea
necrology
phycology
hagiocracy
paleography

Macrocystis integrifolia - giant bladder kelp
Macrocystis integrifolia - giant bladder kelp

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with Anu Garg

phycology

PRONUNCIATION:
(fy-KOL-uh-jee)

MEANING:
noun: The branch of botany dealing with algae. Also known as algology.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek phyco- (seaweed) + -logy (study). First recorded use: 1847.

USAGE:
"Sandra Lindstrom does independent research and consulting, identifying seaweeds for environmental surveys. At the University of British Columbia she got her PhD in botany with a specialty in phycology."
Jonathan Grass; Juneau Researchers Publish Book on Seaweeds; Juneau Empire (Alaska); Oct 18, 2010.

See more usage examples of phycology in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. -George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950)

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