agrostography

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀγρώστη (agrṓstē, “grass”) + +‎ -graphy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

agrostography (uncountable)

1. The scientific description of grasses.
   • 1866, Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, page 57:

     In the present unsatisfactory condition of agrostography, the limits between various Triticoid and Festucoid genera, and especially the value of the numerous small groups split off from Festuca and its allies by Grisebach, Ruprecht, Parlatore, and others, cannot be determined, and we must await the promised revision of this vast and very difficult family by Colonel Munro, before we can expect to see the existing class reduced to order.

Coordinate terms

• agrostology