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Jun 1, 2011
This week's themeWords made with combining forms This week's words logorrhea necrology phycology hagiocracy paleography 
Macrocystis integrifolia - giant bladder kelp
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with Anu Gargphycology
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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