polypody

pol·y·po·dy

P0429200 (pŏl′ē-pō′dē)n. pl. pol·y·po·dies Any of various ferns of the genus Polypodium, or formerly classified in this genus, having creeping rhizomes and often evergreen fronds with narrow undivided leaflets.

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[Middle English polypodie, from Latin polypodium, from Greek polupodion, from diminutive of polupous, many-footed : polu-, poly- + pous, pod-, foot; see -pod.]

polypody

(ˈpɒlɪˌpəʊdɪ) n, pl -dies1. (Plants) any of various ferns of the genus Polypodium, esp P. vulgare, having deeply divided leaves and round naked sori: family Polypodiaceae2. (Plants) any fern of the family Polypodiaceae, all having opaque leaves that are divided in most species[C15: from Latin polypodium, from Greek, from poly- + pous foot]

pol•y•po•dy

(ˈpɒl iˌpoʊ di)

n., pl. -dies. any of various evergreen ferns of the genus Polypodium, with branching rhizomes and deeply cleft fronds. [1400–50; late Middle English polypodye < Latin polypodion < Greek polypódion (>New Latin Polypodium); see poly-, -pod, -ium²]

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polypody - any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodiumfern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by sporesgenus Polypodium, Polypodium - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sorilicorice fern, Polypodium glycyrrhiza - fern having rootstock of a sweetish flavorgray polypody, grey polypody, Polypodium polypodioides, resurrection fern - fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africacoast polypody, leatherleaf, leathery polypody, Polypodium scouleri - stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midribAmerican wall fern, Polypodium virgianum, rock polypody, rock brake - chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asiaadder's fern, common polypody, golden maidenhair, Polypodium vulgare, sweet fern, wall fern, golden polypody - mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia