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- noun botany Any of the
genus Polypodium offerns .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was not for some time that it was discovered that by Paul Podgam he meant the polypodium fern.
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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One especially elegant polypodium growing on the ground has fronds about 6 or 7 feet long, and sometimes as much as 20 feet, and of proportionate width.
The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Francis Edward Younghusband 1902
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From a ledge in which ferns and orchids grew in careless profusion -- bird's-nest fern and polypodium and white-flowering orchid -- the crystal might be reached by a little manoeuvring.
Tropic Days 1887
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Glossy, formal bird's-nest ferns and irregular mass of polypodium edged with fawn-coloured, infertile fronds fringe the sea-ward ending.
My Tropic Isle 1887
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Another fig envelops some of its branches, two umbrella-trees cling stubbornly to its sides, a pandanus palm grows comfortably at the base of a limb, tons of staghorn, bird's-nest, polypodium, and other epiphytal ferns, have licence to flourish, orchids hang decoratively, and several shrubs spring aspiringly among its roots.
Tropic Days 1887
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Naturally enough the greater number are rock ferns -- pellaea, cheilanthes, polypodium, adiantum, woodsia, cryptogramma, etc., with small tufted fronds, lining cool glens and fringing the seams of the cliffs.
The Yosemite John Muir 1876
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The ferns were developed in remarkable beauty and size -- aspidiums, one of which is about six feet high, a woodsia, lomaria, and several species of polypodium.
Travels in Alaska John Muir 1876
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I have seen three aspidiums, two woodsias, a lomaria, polypodium, cheilanthes, and several species of pteris.
Travels in Alaska John Muir 1876
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(thymus alpinus), ferus (polypodium), the whortleberry (vitis idoea), ground ivy, and other climbing plants producing a wonderful effect.
The Man-Wolf and Other Tales Erckmann-Chatrian
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Glossy, formal bird’s-nest ferns and irregular mass of polypodium edged with fawn-coloured, infertile fronds fringe the sea-ward ending.
My Tropic Isle 2003
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