Definition of "polypodium" []

• Any of the genus Polypodium of ferns. (noun)

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• "It was not for some time that it was discovered that by Paul Podgam he meant the polypodium fern."
• "One especially elegant polypodium growing on the ground has fronds about 6 or 7 feet long, and sometimes as much as 20 feet, and of proportionate width."
• "Another fig envelops some of its branches, two umbrella-trees cling stubbornly to its sides, a pandanus palm grows comfortably at the base of a limb, tons of staghorn, bird's-nest, polypodium, and other epiphytal ferns, have licence to flourish, orchids hang decoratively, and several shrubs spring aspiringly among its roots."