polypody

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman polypodie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin polypodium, q.v.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlɪpəʊdi/

Noun

polypody (plural polypodies)

1. (botany) Any of many ferns of the genus Polypodium, especially common polypody.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 2, subsection ii:

     Polypodie and epithyme are, without all exceptions, gentle purgers of melancholy […].

   • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 226:

     If the humour be otherwise choose your Polypody accordingly.

Derived terms

• coast polypody ()
• habit polypody ()
• intermediate polypody ()
• irregular polypody ()
• nested polypody ()
• rock polypody ()
• Siberian polypody ()
• southern polypody ()
• Welsh polypody ()
• western polypody ()

Translations

any fern of the genus Polypodium

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  Ancient: πολυπόδιον n (polupódion)

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• Polish: paprotka (pl) f
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References

• polypody on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polypodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Polypodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons