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Definition of Polypody
1. Noun. Any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium.
Group relationships: Genus Polypodium, Polypodium
Specialized synonyms: Licorice Fern, Polypodium Glycyrrhiza, Gray Polypody, Grey Polypody, Polypodium Polypodioides, Resurrection Fern, Coast Polypody, Leatherleaf, Leathery Polypody, Polypodium Scouleri, American Wall Fern, Polypodium Virgianum, Rock Brake, Rock Polypody, Adder's Fern, Common Polypody, Golden Maidenhair, Golden Polypody, Polypodium Vulgare, Sweet Fern, Wall Fern
Definition of Polypody
1. n. Any plant of the genus Polypodium.
Definition of Polypody
1. Noun. (botany) Any of many ferns of the genus ''Polypodium'', especially common polypody. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polypody
1. a fern [n -DIES] - See also: fern
Medical Definition of Polypody
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polypody
Literary usage of Polypody
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1903)
"VARIATIONS IN THE COMMON polypody. FIG. 1. ... T Acting upon this conviction I
began this season an investigation of the common polypody ..."
2. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"DIRECTIONS FOR STUDY Polypodium vulgare (COMMON polypody) A. Classification: Division
... polypody."
3. Through the Year with Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Herbert Wendell Gleason (1917)
"polypody NOVEMBER 2, 1857. It is very pleasant and cheerful nowadays, when the
brown and withered leaves strew the ground and almost every plant is fallen ..."
4. The British Ferns: Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions, with the Needful ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1861)
"The well-known "polypody of the Oak," as our sage forefathers used to call it,*
is found in the cold and temperate parts of many regions of the globe ..."
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