English Dictionary: [Polypodium] | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. |