dendroclimatology

noun

dendro·​climatology

¦dendrō+

: a branch of dendrochronology concerned with constructing records of past climates and climatic events by analysis of tree growth characteristics and especially annual rings

dendroclimatological

"+

adjective

dendroclimatologist

"+

noun

Word History

Etymology

dendr- + climatology

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