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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POLYPODIUM

Pol "y *po `di *um, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Polyp, and cf. 2d Polypode. ](Bot. )

 

Defn: A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species.

 

Duden Dictionary

Polypodium

Po ly po di um Substantiv, Neutrum Botanik , das |Polyp o dium |das Polypodium; Genitiv: des Polypodiums, Plural: die Polypodien griechisch-neulateinisch Tüpfelfarn