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Webster 1913 Edition
Polypodium
Pol′y-poˊdi-um
,Noun.
(Bot.)
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. Definition 2024
Polypodium
Polypodium
See also: polypodium
Translingual
Proper noun
Polypodium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Polypodiaceae – the polypod ferns.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Polypodiophytina - subphylum; Polypodiopsida - class; Polypodiidae - subclass; Polypodiales - order; Polypodiaceae - family; Polypodioideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): †Polypodium alternatum, Polypodium amorphum, Polypodium appalachianum, Polypodium asterolepis, Polypodium californicum, Polypodium calirhiza, Polypodium cambricum, Polypodium excavatum, Polypodium feei, Polypodium furfuraceum, Polypodium glycyrrhiza, Polypodium guianense, Polypodium hesperium, Polypodium interjectum, Polypodium lepidopteris, Polypodium nigrescens, Polypodium pellucidum, Polypodium phymatodes, Polypodium polypodioides, Polypodium pteropus, Polypodium saximontanum, Polypodium scouleri, Polypodium sibiricum, Polypodium virginianum, Polypodium vulgare - species
polypodium
polypodium
See also: Polypodium