PTERIDOLOGY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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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)

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