agrostology

From Ancient Greek ἄγρωστις (ágrōstis, “grass”), from ἄγρωστης (ágrōstēs, “farmer”), from ἀγρός (agrós, “field”) + λόγος (lógos, “study, speech, reason”).

agrostology (uncountable)

1. The scientific study of grasses.

   Synonym: graminology

   • 1986, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Women in Science: Antiquity Through the Nineteenth Century:

     From 1905 to 1936 she collaborated with Albert Spear Hitchcock, a specialist in agrostology, the study of grasses.