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Definition of Polypodium

1. Noun. A genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori.

Definition of Polypodium

1. n. A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species.

Medical Definition of Polypodium

1. A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species. Origin: L, fr. Gr, dim. Of . See Polyp, and cf. 2d Polypode. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Polypodium

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

1. The Gardens of the Sun; Or, A Naturalist's Journal on the Mountains and in by Frederick William Burbidge (1880)
"A variety with many of the sori confluent. 91.* polypodium ... polypodium acrostichoides, Forst. *polypodium ..."

2. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"DIRECTIONS FOR STUDY polypodium vulgare (COMMON POLYPODY) A. ... polypodium. Species. vulgare. B. Habitat: 1. Record here your knowledge of the habitat of ..."

3. On the Germination, Development, and Fructification of the Higher by Wilhelm Friedrich Benedict Hofmeister, Frederick Currey (1862)
"In polypodium vulgare it was otherwise. Here the terminal bud, when viewed from above, exhibits sometimes the form of the cell of the first degree and the ..."

4. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"polypodium MARTENSII Mett. 4917, on trees and ledges, Sierra de San Felipe, ... polypodium MONILIFORME Lag. 5604, from cold summit ledges, Sierra de San ..."

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