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‖ Polypodium Bot.|pɒlɪˈpəʊdɪəm|
Also 6 polipodium.
[L. (Pliny), a. Gr. πολυπόδιον (Theophr.) a kind of fern, f. πολυ- many + πούς, ποδ- foot, with dim. suffix -ιον: from the numerous branches of the root-stock.]
A large and widely distributed genus of ferns, of various forms.
1525Herball G j, Polipodium. This is called Pollypody. 1527Andrew Brunswyke's Distyll. Waters X iij b/1 This figure of polipodium. 1540tr. Vigo's Lytell Practyce D j b, Take Polipodium of the oke. 1616Bullokar Eng. Expos., Polypodium, Okeferne: a kind of hearbe like Ferne, growing much about the roots of oakes. 1776Withering Brit. Plants (1796) I. 352 The disposition of its fructification accords with the Polypodium's. |