Which term correctly refers to the study of ferns?

Correct answer: Pteridology

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lesliehens02
lesliehens02
Amaria, Thank you. I was wondering ...
Jackie
Jackie
Apai, pedology
Amaria
Amaria
TestyAlien3443, from etymologyonline: "the study of ferns as a branch of botany," 1850, with -logy + from Greek pteris "fern, bracken," probably originally "feather plant," so called for the form of the leaves, and related to pteron "wing" (from PIE root *pet- "to rush, to fly") So you’re not wrong!
TestyAlien3443
TestyAlien3443
Got me! I saw Ptero and thought "winged, feathered", as in Pterodactyl. I didn't see Pterido, though I didn't know it meant ferns.
Stephanie
Stephanie
Player #25874027, and there is the pteridomania in the eighties called FERN BARS!
Apai
Apai
Player #25874027, isn't podology the study of feet?
LGT
LGT
Player #25874027, The study of soil. (I suppose "that which is at our feet.)
Player #25874027
Player #25874027
Petrology: the study of rocks ; Mycology : the study of fungi. I suspect Pedology is the study of feet, but I could be wrong