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hepaticology ‎(uncountable)

1. The scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta).
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii

     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.

Related terms

• hepatic

Hypernyms

• bryology

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