English > polypody: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium. |
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| Member of | Polypodium, genus Polypodium | A genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori |
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| Narrower | common polypody, adder's fern, wall fern, golden maidenhair, golden polypody, sweet fern, Polypodium vulgare | mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks / rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia |
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| grey polypody, gray polypody, resurrection fern, Polypodium polypodioides | fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below |
| leatherleaf, leathery polypody, coast polypody, Polypodium scouleri | Stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib |
| licorice fern, Polypodium glycyrrhiza | fern having rootstock / rootstock of a sweetish flavor |
| rock polypody, rock brake, American wall fern, Polypodium virgianum | chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia |
| Broader | fern | Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward |
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| Spanish | polipodio |
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