polypody

Definitions


[ˈpɒlɪpəʊdi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a widely distributed fern which has stout scaly creeping rhizomes and remains green during the winter, growing on trees, walls, and stones, especially in limestone areas


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek polupodion, denoting a kind of fern, from polu- ‘many’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’




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