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Polypodium

noun
Poly·​po·​di·​um

Definition of Polypodium

: a genus (the type of the family Polypodiaceae) of ferns containing the polypodies and distinguished by the roundish naked sori

History and Etymology for Polypodium

New Latin, from Latin, polypody, from Greek polypodion, from polypodion, diminutive of polypod-, polypous many-footed

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