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Definition of Polypodies
1. polypody [n] - See also: polypody
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polypodies
Literary usage of Polypodies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Floral World and Garden Guide by Shirley Hibberd (1864)
"Sari at first distinct, afterwards confluent. Spore cases brown, numerous.
This fine fern difiera from other British polypodies in forming distinct crowns ..."
2. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"polypodies. Sori on the back of the lobes, round or rarely oblong, not more than
twice as long as broad. ..."
3. In a Gloucestershire Garden by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe (1895)
"... and the polypodies, and all their many varieties. Indeed, there are some of
the polypodies which are, ..."
4. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1845)
"... in the tribe polypodies. 1 therefore propose to associate with them another
... on that account, come under the second section of the tribe polypodies, ..."
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