agrostography

[ag-ruh-stog-ruh-fee]

ag·ros·tog·ra·phy

[ag-ruh-stog-ruh-fee]
noun, plural ag·ros·tog·ra·phies.
a treatise on grasses.

Origin:
< Greek ágrōst(is) (see agrostology), + -o- + -graphy

ag·ros·tog·ra·pher, noun
a·gros·to·graph·ic [uh-gros-tuh-graf-ik] , a·gros·to·graph·i·cal, adjective
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Agrostography has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
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