pteridological

1. 1.

   of or relating to the study of ferns

Questions about pteridological

What does pteridological mean?

pteridological means "of or relating to the study of ferns".

How many syllables are in pteridological?

pteridological has 6 syllables and divides as pte-ri-do-lo-gi-cal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pteridological a common word?

pteridological is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.