| 单词 | common polypody |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon polypody 1. Originally: (more fully common polypody) the fern Polypodium vulgare agg., which has sparsely branched fronds with narrow, frequently undivided leaflets, and is found growing on moist rocks, old walls, and trees in many temperate regions. Later also (frequently with distinguishing word): any of various ferns belonging to the genus Polypodium or formerly included in it (see note s.v. polypodium n.).limestone polypody: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > polypodies everferneOE polypodya1398 polypoda1500 polypody of the oaka1500 polypodium1525 wall fern1526 brake of the wall1561 polypody of the wall1597 oak fern1844 rabbit's foot fern1886 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 148 Þe guttes of an olde cok ben I-þrowe awey, & þe cok is I-stoppid ful of gardyn saffroun & of polipody. ?c1450 in Anglia (1896) 18 306 (MED) The rotys of polypodye, þat is wylde brake. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. Cv Take smale flambe rotis and polipodi. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 4 Polypody drieth and lesseth or thinneth the body. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. vi. 98 Such as living upon the stock of others, are termed Parasiticall plants, as Polypody; Mosse;..and many more. View more context for this quotation 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxii. 491 Common Polypody has pinnatifid fronds. 1853 Catal. Cabinet Nat. Hist. State N.Y. 59 Polypodium vulgare, Common Polypody... Polypodium phegopteris, Beech Polypody... Polypodium hexagonopterum, Winged Polypody... Polypodium dryopteris, Three-branched Polypody. 1901 E. Step Shell Life xix. 345 It showed the same reluctance respecting the poisonous berries of the Arum, and the leathery leaves of Sea Holly and Polypody. 1910 Times 9 Nov. 21/6 The British polypodies..somehow or other, in spite of beauty, variety, and hardiness, continue to suffer neglect in most gardens. 1992 M. Atherden Upland Brit. x. 174 Brittle bladder-fern and polypody are also typical, while hart's-tongue, male-fern and other larger species often grow rooted in the soil at the base of the wall. < as lemmas |
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