golden polypody

1. 1.

   tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium

   Synonymsserpent fernrabbit's-foot fernPhlebodium aureumPolypodium aureum

   Broaderfern

   Part ofPhlebodium
2. 2.

   mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia

   Synonymscommon polypodyadder's fernwall ferngolden maidenhairsweet fernPolypodium vulgare

   Broaderpolypody

Questions about golden polypody

What does golden polypody mean?

golden polypody means "tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for golden polypody?

Close synonyms include serpent fern, rabbit's-foot fern, Phlebodium aureum, Polypodium aureum, common polypody. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is golden polypody a common word?

golden polypody is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.