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polypody

(päl′i pō′dē)

any of a genus (Polypodium, family Polypodiaceae) of ferns with leathery pinnatifid leaves borne on creeping rootstocks

Origin: ME polipodye < L polypodium < Gr polypodion < poly-, poly- + pous (gen. podos), foot: from its creeping rootstocks

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noun pl. pol·y·po·dies

Any of various ferns of the widely distributed genus Polypodium, having simple or compound fronds, round sori arranged in one or more rows along the midrib, and creeping rootstocks.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English polypodie

Origin: , from Latin polypodium

Origin: , from Greek polupodion

Origin: , from diminutive of polupous, many-footed

Origin: : polu-, poly-

Origin: + pous, pod-, foot; see -pod

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