Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Polypodium"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Polypodium
n : a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and
having rounded naked sori [syn: {Polypodium}, {genus
Polypodium}]
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