golden polypody

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golden polypody - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  golden polypody
      n 1: tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated
           for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds;
           sometimes placed in genus Polypodium [syn: golden polypody
           , serpent fern, rabbit's-foot fern,
           Phlebodium aureum, Polypodium aureum]
      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 [syn: common   polypody
         , adder's fern, wall fern, golden maidenhair,
         golden polypody, sweet fern, Polypodium vulgare]