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Wolf, now 65, joined Virginia Tech in 1986, soon after completing his doctoral work in pomology (the science of growing fruit) and viticulture (the science of growing grapes) at Cornell University.—Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
Word History
Etymology
New Latin pomologia, from Latin pomum fruit + -logia -logy
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