Definition of Polypodiaceae

1. Noun. Ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Polypodiaceae

Polymox
Polynemidae
Polynesia
Polynesian
Polynesian arrowroot
Polynesian tattler
Polynesians
Polyodon
Polyodon spathula
Polyodontidae
Polypedates
Polypedatidae
Polypheme
Polyphemus
Polyplax
Polypodiaceae (current term)
Polypodiales
Polypodium aureum
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Polypodium polypodioides
Polypodium scouleri
Polypodium virgianum
Polypodium vulgare
Polyporus frondosus
Polyporus squamosus
Polyporus tenuiculus
Polyprion
Polyprion americanus
Polysphondylium
Polystichum

Literary usage of Polypodiaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"Polypodiaceae. In the Polypodiaceae the prothallus has always unicellular ' hairs' if hairs are present. Some of them are ' glandular hairs,' some of them ..."

2. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"I. The Polypodiaceae of the Philippine Islands. II. Edible Philippine Fungi. By Edwin B. Copeland, Ph. D. No. 29, 1904.—I- New or Noteworthy Philippine ..."

3. The Study of the Biology of Ferns by the Collodion Method: For Advanced and by George Francis Atkinson (1894)
"... sporangia arise from superficial cells on the margin of the leaf before the differentiation of the epidermis. Structure of the Sporangia. Polypodiaceae. ..."

4. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"Polypodiaceae R. Br. FERN FAMILY Leafy plants; the leaves (fronds) often much branched, circulate in vernation, rising from a rootstock. Spores of one kind, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Polypodiaceae on Dictionary.com!Search for Polypodiaceae on Thesaurus.com!Search for Polypodiaceae on Google!Search for Polypodiaceae on Wikipedia!

Search