polypody

1. Any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium (synset 113193821)
   is a type of: fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
   subtypes:

   • licorice fern, polypodium glycyrrhiza - fern having rootstock of a sweetish flavor
   • gray polypody, grey polypody, polypodium polypodioides, resurrection fern - fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa
   • coast polypody, leatherleaf, leathery polypody, polypodium scouleri - stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib
   • american wall fern, polypodium virgianum, rock brake, rock polypody - chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia
   • adder's fern, common polypody, golden maidenhair, golden polypody, polypodium vulgare, sweet fern, wall fern - mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
   belongs to: genus polypodium, polypodium - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori

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