WordNet
common polypody
n. mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia [syn: adder's fern, wall fern, golden maidenhair, golden polypody, sweet fern, Polypodium vulgare]
Wikipedia
Common polypody
Common polypody is a common name for several ferns in the genus Polypodium and may refer to:
- Polypodium virginianum, native to North America
- Polypodium vulgare, native to Europe
Usage examples of "common polypody".
The Common Polypody is a common Fern in sheltered places, on shady hedge-banks, and on roots and stumps of trees, moist rocks and old walls.