golden polypody

/ˌgoʊldən ˌpɑliˈpoʊdi/

Definitions of golden polypody

1. noun

   tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium
   synonyms: Phlebodium aureum, Polypodium aureum, rabbit's-foot fern, serpent fern

   type of:

   fern

   any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
2. noun

   mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
   synonyms: Polypodium vulgare, adder's fern, common polypody, golden maidenhair, sweet fern, wall fern

   type of:

   polypody

   any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium