MYCOLOGY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mycology" is a kind of...):

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Derivation:

mycologist (a botanist who specializes in the study of fungi)

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