-jē noun
( -es )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary bry- + -logy
1.
a. obsolete : the science of mosses
b. : a branch of botany that deals with the bryophytes
2.
a. : moss life (as of a region)
the bryology of Wales
b. : the properties and life phenomena exhibited by a moss or moss type
the bryology of sphagnum