Polypodium

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of polypody: any fern of the genus Polypodium.

Etymology

From Late Latin polypodium, from Ancient Greek πολυπόδιον (polupódion), from πολυ- (polu-, “poly-, many”) + πούς (poús, “-pod, foot”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”). Later reinforced by the translingual scientific use of Polypodium.

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