Etymology

dendrographia

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Ancient Greek δενδρογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromδενδρογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ
  2. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromδενδρογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ
  3. English todaydendrographia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δενδρογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (dendrogrăphĭ́ā), from δένδρον (déndron) + -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā).

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