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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the branch of botany that studies ferns; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pteridology \Pter`i*dol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a fern + -logy.]
   That department of botany which treats of ferns.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pteridology
    n 1: the branch of botany that studies ferns