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Definition of Gray polypody

1. Noun. Fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gray Polypody

Literary usage of Gray polypody

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1902)
"The discovery by Mr. WP Hay, of Washington, of the gray polypody (Polypodium polypodioides), in considerable quantity at a station on the Maryland bank of ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"A NEW STATION FOR THE gray polypody. ... of Washington, of the gray polypody (Polypodium polypodioides), in considerable quantity at a station on the ..."

3. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1905)
"THE gray polypody IN OHIO.—In the October number of TORREYA, in the article " Notes on the gray polypody," the author, ..."

4. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"With it grows the subject of our sketch, the gray polypody or resurrection fern (Polypodium incanum). The species, through growing in the same general ..."

5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"... ou the State herbarium, including additions to the State plant list. Ie (59-60). The gray polypody ..."

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