polypody
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1. any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fern, |
| definition | : | any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | licorice fern, polypodium glycyrrhiza, |
| definition | : | fern having rootstock of a sweetish flavor (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gray polypody, grey polypody, polypodium polypodioides, resurrection fern, |
| definition | : | fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | coast polypody, leatherleaf, leathery polypody, polypodium scouleri, |
| definition | : | stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | american wall fern, polypodium virgianum, rock brake, rock polypody, |
| definition | : | chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | adder's fern, common polypody, golden maidenhair, golden polypody, polypodium vulgare, sweet fern, wall fern, |
| definition | : | mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus polypodium, polypodium, |
| definition | : | a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori (noun.plant) |
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