filicology

noun /fɪlɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/

1. The botanical study of ferns.

   rare, uncountable

   ‡ Filicology.—That part of Botany which treats of Ferns.

Where it comes from

From Latin filic- (stem of filix (“fern”)) + English -ology (a variant of -logy (suffix denoting the study of a particular subject)). Filix is probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“henbane”) + Latin -ix (a variant of -ex (suffix found in plant names such as cārex (“sedge”) and rumex (“sorrel”))).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry filicology (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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