PTERIDOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pteridology mean? 

• PTERIDOLOGY (noun)
  The noun PTERIDOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of botany that studies ferns

  Familiarity information: PTERIDOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PTERIDOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of botany that studies ferns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pteridology" is a kind of...):

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Derivation:

pteridological (of or relating to the study of ferns)