From Middle English tre, tree, treo, treou, trew, trow, from Old English trēo, trēow (“tree, wood, timber, beam, log, stake, stick, grove, cross, rood”), from Proto-West Germanic *treu, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree, wood”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *d\xf3ru (“tree” .
Dendrology is the study of wooden plants.
It is a branch of botany concerned primarily on trees and shrubs.
It is primarily focused on the characterization and identification of woody plants and their taxonomy..
dendrology. / (dɛnˈdrɒlədʒɪ) / noun. the branch of botany that is concerned with the natural history of trees and shrubs..
Another branch of the “deru-” tree is the Greek root for “tree,” “dendron,” which gives us “dendritic” (branch-like), “rhododendron” (literally “rose tree” in Greek), “dendrology” (the study of trees, woody plants and Arnold Schwarznegger)..
Another branch of the “deru-” tree is the Greek root for “tree,” “dendron,” which gives us “dendritic” (branch-like), “rhododendron” (literally “rose tree” in Greek), “dendrology” (the study of trees, woody plants and Arnold Schwarznegger)..
/denˈdrɑːlədʒɪst/ a scientist who studies trees..
DENDRO- Meaning: "tree," from Greek dendron "tree," sometimes especially "fruit tree" (as opposed to hylē "timber"), from… See origin and meaning of dendro-
) "dating by tree rings," 1928; see dendro- "tree" + chronology
As a native alternative, tree-time was proposed
dendrology (n) 1708, "a treatise on trees;" by 1825 as "the natural history of trees;" see dendro- "tree" + -ology
Related: Dendrological; dendrologist
The term dendrology is derived from two Greek words meaning trees and discourse or study, or the study of trees
A review of the history of usage of the term has been made by William A
Dayton (Dayton 1945)