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pteridomania
Feb. 9th, 2016 07:51 ampteridomania (tuh-ri-doh-MAY-nee-uh) - n., an excessive enthusiasm for ferns.
Often, specifically, a craze for collecting ferns and using them as decorative motifs in Britain from roughly the 1840s to 1890s -- an din this sense, coined by author Charles Kingsley in 1855 from Greek roots pteris, fern + mania.
---L.
Often, specifically, a craze for collecting ferns and using them as decorative motifs in Britain from roughly the 1840s to 1890s -- an din this sense, coined by author Charles Kingsley in 1855 from Greek roots pteris, fern + mania.
---L.
