polypody
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman polypodie, from Late Latin polypodium, q.v.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒlɪpəʊdi/
Noun
polypody (plural polypodies)
- Any of many ferns of the genus Polypodium, especially common polypody.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 2, subsection ii:
- Polypodie and epithyme are, without all exceptions, gentle purgers of melancholy […].
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 226:
- If the humour be otherwise choose your Polypody accordingly.
Derived terms
- coast polypody (Polypodium scouleri)
- common polypody (Polypodium virginianum, Polypodium vulgare)
- dwarf polypody (Grammitis spp.)
- golden polypody (Phlebodium vulgare, syn. Polypodium aureum)
- gray polypody, grey polypody (Polypodium polypodioides)
- habit polypody (Polypodium calirhiza)
- intermediate polypody (Polypodium interjectum)
- irregular polypody (Polypodium amorphum)
- leatherleaf polypody, leathery polypody (Polypodium scouleri)
- nested polypody (Polypodium calirhiza)
- rock polypody (Polypodium virginianum)
- Siberian polypody (Polypodium sibiricum)
- snake polypody (Microgramma piloselloides)
- southern polypody (Polypodium cambricum)
- Welsh polypody (Polypodium cambricum)
- western polypody (Polypodium hesperium)
Translations
any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod
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References
polypody on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Polypodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Polypodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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