resurrection fern

Other forms: resurrection ferns

Definitions of resurrection fern
  1. noun
    fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa
    synonyms: Polypodium polypodioides, gray polypody, grey polypody
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    type of:
    polypody
    any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium
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