polypody : Idioms & Phrases


coast polypody

  • noun stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib
    leatherleaf; Polypodium scouleri; coast polypody.
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common polypody

  • noun mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
    golden maidenhair; sweet fern; wall fern; common polypody; adder's fern; Polypodium vulgare.
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golden polypody

  • noun tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium
    Phlebodium aureum; Polypodium aureum; serpent fern; rabbit's-foot fern.
  • noun mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
    golden maidenhair; sweet fern; wall fern; common polypody; adder's fern; Polypodium vulgare.
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gray polypody

  • noun fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa
    resurrection fern; gray polypody; Polypodium polypodioides.
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grey polypody

  • noun fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa
    resurrection fern; gray polypody; Polypodium polypodioides.
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leathery polypody

  • noun stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib
    leatherleaf; Polypodium scouleri; coast polypody.
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rock polypody

  • noun chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia
    American wall fern; rock brake; Polypodium virgianum.
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snake polypody

  • noun epiphytic ferns with long rhizomes; tropical America
    Microgramma-piloselloides.
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