polypody

polypody
/pol"ee poh'dee/, n., pl. polypodies.
any fern of the genus Polypodium, as P. vulgare, having creeping rootstocks, deeply pinnatifid evergreen fronds, and round, naked sori.
[1400-50; late ME polypodye < L polypodion < Gk polypódion ( > NL Polypodium); see POLY-, -POD, -IUM]

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  • polypody — n. any of several evergreen ferns having creeping rootstocks …   English contemporary dictionary

  • polypody — [ pɒlɪpəʊdi] noun (plural polypodies) a fern with creeping rhizomes which typically grows on trees, walls, and stones. [Polypodium vulgare and related species.] Origin ME: via L. from Gk polupodion, from polu many + pous, pod foot …   English new terms dictionary

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