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- noun Plural form of
polypody .
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Examples
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Their stipes are not jointed to the root stock, nor are their sori at the ends of the veins as in the polypodies.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Often called "Limestone Polypody," the beech ferns having formerly been classed with the polypodies.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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The beech ferns are often classed with the polypodies, because, like them, they have no indusium; but in other ways they are more akin to the wood ferns.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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It grows just in the spray of a waterfall – this and this; they are polypodies.
The Old Helmet 1864
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It grows just it the spray of a waterfall -- this and this; they are polypodies.
The Old Helmet, Volume II Susan Warner 1852
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