Meanings
nounhepaticology (uncountable)
- uncountableThe scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta).
Hepaticology, 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.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii
Origin
Translations
Catalan hepaticologia
- hepaticologiastudy of liverworts (Marchantiophyta)
Latin hepaticologia
- hepaticologiastudy of liverworts (Marchantiophyta)
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APA
hepaticology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hepaticology
MLA
“hepaticology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hepaticology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hepaticology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hepaticology.
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