polypody
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman polypodie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin polypodium, q.v.
Pronunciation
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Noun
polypody (plural polypodies)
- (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 (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- habit polypody (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- intermediate polypody (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- irregular polypody (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- nested polypody (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- rock polypody (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Siberian polypody (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- southern polypody (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Welsh polypody (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- western polypody (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
Translations
any fern of the genus Polypodium
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References
polypody on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Polypodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Polypodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons