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Jun 1, 2011

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Words made with combining forms

This week's words
logorrhea
necrology
phycology
hagiocracy
paleography

Macrocystis integrifolia - giant bladder kelp

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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.

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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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