Hepaticology
Full definition of hepaticology
Noun
hepaticology
(uncountable)- The scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta).
- Schuster Hepaticae V|viiHepaticology, 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.