polypodium : Idioms & Phrases
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genus polypodium
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noun a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori
Polypodium.
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polypodium aureum
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noun tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium
Phlebodium aureum; serpent fern; golden polypody; rabbit's-foot fern.
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polypodium glycyrrhiza
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noun fern having rootstock of a sweetish flavor
licorice fern.
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polypodium polypodioides
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noun fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa
grey polypody; resurrection fern; gray polypody.
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polypodium scouleri
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noun stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib
leathery polypody; leatherleaf; coast polypody.
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polypodium virgianum
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noun chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia
American wall fern; rock polypody; rock brake.
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polypodium vulgare
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noun mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
golden maidenhair; sweet fern; wall fern; golden polypody; common polypody; adder's fern.
