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Polypodium (gcide) | Polypodium \Pol"y*po`di*um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, dim. of ?. See
Polyp, and cf. 2d Polypode.] (Bot.)
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.
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polypodium (wn) | Polypodium
n 1: a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and
having rounded naked sori [syn: Polypodium, {genus
Polypodium}] |
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Polypodium Phyllitidis (gcide) | Hart's-tongue \Hart's"-tongue`\ (h[aum]rts"t[u^]ng`), n. (Bot.)
(a) A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare
in America.
(b) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of
Linn[ae]us. It is also found in Florida.
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Polypodium scouleri (gcide) | leatherleaf \leatherleaf\ n.
1. A stiff leathery-leaved fern (Polypodium scouleri) of
Western North America having ovate fronds parted to the
midrib.
Syn: leathery polypody, coast polypody, {Polypodium
scouleri}.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. A northern temperate bog shrub (Chamaedaphne calyculata)
with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical
flowers.
Syn: Chamaedaphne calyculata.
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genus polypodium (wn) | genus Polypodium
n 1: a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and
having rounded naked sori [syn: Polypodium, {genus
Polypodium}] |
polypodium (wn) | Polypodium
n 1: a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and
having rounded naked sori [syn: Polypodium, {genus
Polypodium}] |
polypodium aureum (wn) | Polypodium aureum
n 1: tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated
for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds;
sometimes placed in genus Polypodium [syn: {golden
polypody}, serpent fern, rabbit's-foot fern,
Phlebodium aureum, Polypodium aureum] |
polypodium glycyrrhiza (wn) | Polypodium glycyrrhiza
n 1: fern having rootstock of a sweetish flavor [syn: {licorice
fern}, Polypodium glycyrrhiza] |
polypodium polypodioides (wn) | Polypodium polypodioides
n 1: fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds
greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa [syn:
grey polypody, gray polypody, resurrection fern,
Polypodium polypodioides] |
polypodium scouleri (wn) | Polypodium scouleri
n 1: stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having
ovate fronds parted to the midrib [syn: leatherleaf,
leathery polypody, coast polypody, {Polypodium
scouleri}] |
polypodium virgianum (wn) | Polypodium virgianum
n 1: chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and
east Asia [syn: rock polypody, rock brake, {American
wall fern}, Polypodium virgianum] |
polypodium vulgare (wn) | Polypodium vulgare
n 1: mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping
rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout
North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia [syn:
common polypody, adder's fern, wall fern, {golden
maidenhair}, golden polypody, sweet fern, {Polypodium
vulgare}] |
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