Definition of Polypodium polypodioides

1. Noun. Fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa.

Exact synonyms: Gray Polypody, Grey Polypody, Resurrection Fern
Generic synonyms: Polypody

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polypodium Polypodioides

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

Literary usage of Polypodium polypodioides

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

1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1905)
"Polypodium polypodioides AS Hitchc. Rep. Mo. Bot. Card. 4 : 156. 1893. The history of this little fern, its variations in form, and its geographical ..."

2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"... and such startling propositions as Polypodium polypodioides — a Polypodium that looks like a polypodium! What a wonderful revelation of scientific ..."

3. Popular Science News (1902)
"Indeed, in one other species, the common gray poly- pod of the southern states (Polypodium polypodioides (L.) Hitchcock, known also as Polypodium incanum ..."

4. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"Three hundred and forty grams of Polypodium polypodioides were collected shortly after a rain. The plants were chopped up, and after remaining at a ..."

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