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Webster 1913 Edition

Pteridomania

Pterˊi-do-ma′ni-a

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], a fern + E.

mania

.]

A madness, craze, or strong fancy, for ferns.

[R.]

C. Kingsley.

Definition 2024

pteridomania

pteridomania

English

Noun

pteridomania ‎(uncountable)

A craze, in 19th-century England, for collecting ferns and for using images of ferns in the decorative arts