polypody noun.
['pɒlɪpǝʊdi] Also in Latin form polypodium
[pɒlɪ'pǝʊdɪǝm].
LME.[Latin polypodium a kind of fern from Greek polupodion, formed as POLY- + pod-, pous foot + -ion dim. suffix.]Any of various ferns of the genus
Polypodium, with pinnatifid or pinnate fronds;
esp. any fern of the
P. vulgare aggregate species, growing on rocks, old walls, banks, and trees.
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