orchidology

[awr-ki-dol-uh-jee]

noun

1. the branch of botany or horticulture dealing with orchids.

Other Word Forms

• orchidologist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of orchidology¹

First recorded in 1880–85; orchido- + -logy

Example Sentences

Forthwith a house, with seven acres of land about it, was purchased at Streatham—‘The Woodlands,’ destined to win renown in the annals of Orchidology.

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This brief and vague description may suffice for readers who take more interest in romance than in orchidology.

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Ten years later Professor Reichenbach wrote to Mr. Sander of an astounding Odontoglossum he had seen—it may be necessary to tell the unlearned that Professor Reichenbach was the very genius of orchidology.

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And here is a new Brassia just named by the pontiff of orchidology, Professor Reichenbach.

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Mr. Sander of St. Albans preserves an interesting relic, the only one as yet connected with the science of orchidology.

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