The Collaborative International Dictionary
Agrostology \Ag`ros*tol"ogy\, n. [Gr. ? + -logy.] That part of botany which treats of the grasses.
Wiktionary
n. The study of grasses.
Wikipedia
Agrostology (from Greek , agrÅstis, "type of grass"; and , -logia), sometimes graminology, is the scientific study of the grasses (the family Poaceae). The grasslike species of the sedge family ( Cyperaceae), the rush family ( Juncaceae), and the bulrush or cattail family ( Typhaceae) are often included with the true grasses in the category of graminoid, although strictly speaking these are not included within the study of agrostology. In contrast to the word graminoid, the words gramineous and graminaceous are normally used to mean "of, or relating to, the true grasses ( Poaceae)".
Agrostology has importance in the maintenance of wild and grazed grasslands, agriculture (crop plants such as rice, maize, sugarcane, and wheat are grasses, and many types of animal fodder are grasses), urban and environmental horticulture, turfgrass management and sod production, ecology, and conservation.
Category:Grasses Agrostology
Usage examples of "agrostology".
Morovian Agrostology both perplexing and disturbing and has had any number of royal rows with him, during which he has tried to convince the boy to drop his study of grass in favor of more fitting pursuits.
Sir Thomas, he finds far more pleasure in agrostology than he would ever find as a remittance man, and what is more, he knows it.