Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Polypodiales — thepolypod and many otherferns .
Etymologies
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Polypodium + -aceae
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Examples
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Schizaeaceae which is very poor in species, differ much more from each other than any two forms of the group Polypodiaceae which numbers its thousands of species.
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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It is also known as Heliocare, Rapuani and Polypodiaceae.
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