pteridologistn.
/ˌtɛrᵻˈdɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌtɛrəˈdɑlədʒəst/ An expert in or student of pteridology; a botanist who specializes in ferns.
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pteridologist1845
fernist1865
1845 E. Newman in Phytologist 2 273 I am disposed to believe that our Pteridologists have rarely taken that comprehensive view of the characters of ferns which is requisite for their classification in accordance with nature.
1866 T. Moore in J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. 917 One of the principal genera into which the old genus Aspidium is broken up by modern pteridologists.
1901 Science 30 Aug. 333/1 A chapter on ‘The Fantasies of Ferns’..will afford real pleasure and some instruction to the professional pteridologist.
2001 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 28 618/1 The higher diversity of genera in the Paleotropics appears to be..a result of the more narrow concepts applied by pteridologists working in this region.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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