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MYCOLOGIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mycologist mean? 

MYCOLOGIST (noun)
  The noun MYCOLOGIST has 1 sense:

1. a botanist who specializes in the study of fungiplay

  Familiarity information: MYCOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MYCOLOGIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A botanist who specializes in the study of fungi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mycologist" is a kind of...):

botanist; phytologist; plant scientist (a biologist specializing in the study of plants)

Derivation:

mycology (the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases)


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