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单词 pteridomania
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pteridomania
pteridomania n.
Brit. /ˌtɛrᵻdə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/
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U.S. /ˌtɛrədoʊˈmeɪniə/
now chieflyhistorical an extravagant enthusiasm for ferns.
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the world > plants > botany > [noun] > study of specific parts or types of plants > ferns > mania for ferns
pteridomania1855
1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus (ed. 2) 4 Your daughters, perhaps, have been seized with the prevailing ‘Pteridomania’, and are collecting and buying ferns.
1970 New Scientist 7 May 296/1 Pteridomania had many social aspects yet it seems to have been almost forgotten outside botanical circles.
2003 Times (Nexis) 6 Jan. (Features section) 10 When the second and somewhat less fanatical wave of pteridomania began in the late 20th century, the principal objects of desire were exotic species.
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