pteridologyn.
/ˌtɛrᵻˈdɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌtɛrəˈdɑlədʒi/ Botany.
The branch of botany that deals with ferns.
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pteridology1855
pteridography1884
1855 G. B. Wollaston in Phytologist New Ser. 1 171 I venture with the greatest diffidence.., single-handed, into the battle-field of Pteridology.
1882 Gardeners' Chron. 17 672 Mr. James Backhouse, who, in the annals of pteridology is not unknown to fame.
1940 H. A. Hyde & A. E. Wade Welsh Ferns Introd. 22 Although the arrangement of the ferns in the latest edition of the London Catalogue of British Plants..differs widely from that in Druce's British Plant List..the origins of both can be traced back to the pre-Darwinian era of pteridology.
1980 Nature 7 Feb. 608/1 An overview of the..biochemical, physiological and genetical research which has taken place during the past 40 years in experimental pteridology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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