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dendrology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɛndˈɹɒlədʒi/
  • General-American: /dɛndˈɹɑlədʒi/
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  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒi

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of trees and other woody plants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From dendro- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: дэндралогія (dendralóhija) — the study of trees
  • Catalan: dendrologia — the study of trees
  • Chinese Mandarin: 樹學 /树学 (shùxué) — the study of trees
  • Czech: dendrologie — the study of trees
  • Danish: dendrologi — the study of trees
  • Dutch: dendrologie — the study of trees
  • Dutch: boomkunde — the study of trees
  • Esperanto: arbologio — the study of trees
  • Finnish: dendrologia — the study of trees
  • French: dendrologie — the study of trees
  • German: Dendrologie — the study of trees
  • Greek: δενδρολογία (dendrología) — the study of trees
  • Indonesian: dendrologi — the study of trees
  • Italian: dendrologia — the study of trees
  • Japanese: 樹木学 (jumokugaku) — the study of trees
  • Khmer: រុក្ខវិទ្យា (rukkha’ vityie) — the study of trees
  • Malay: dendrologi — the study of trees
  • Polish: dendrologia — the study of trees
  • Portuguese: dendrologia — the study of trees
  • Russian: дендроло́гия (dendrológija) — the study of trees
  • Russian: лесове́дение (lesovédenije) — the study of trees
  • Serbo-Croatian: dendrologija — the study of trees
  • Spanish: dendrología — the study of trees
  • Swedish: dendrologi — the study of trees
  • Tagalog: dalubpuhuyan — the study of trees
  • Turkish: dendroloji — the study of trees
  • Ukrainian: дендрологія (dendrolohija) — the study of trees