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单词 polypodium
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polypodium

/ˌpɒlɪˈpəʊdɪəm/
Botany
noun
Originally: a polypody (also polypodium fern). Later also (in form Polypodium): a large and cosmopolitan genus of ferns of the family Polypodiaceae.
  • Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 1010. Linnaeus's genus was very much more inclusive than the modern genus, and many of its former members are now placed in genera of different families, such as Dryopteris and Athyrium..

Origin

Early 16th century; earliest use found in Herball. From post-classical Latin polypodium from Hellenistic Greek πολυπόδιον a kind of fern (Theophrastus) from ancient Greek πολυ- + ποδ-, πούς foot + -ιον, diminutive suffix.

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