1823, "biological science of mosses and their relatives," from bryo- "moss" + -logy. Related: Bryologist (1826); bryological.
brutish
Brutus
bruxism
Bryn Mawr
bryo-
bryology
bryophyte
Bryozoa
Brythonic
BS
btw
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