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polypody|ˈpɒlɪpɒdɪ| Forms: 4–5 polypodye, 5 pollipodie, polipodi, 5–6 polipodie, 5–7 -pody, 6 pollypody, polypodie, 7 -podi, 6– polypody. [ad. L. polypodium (Plin.): see prec.] A fern of the genus Polypodium; esp. P. vulgare, the Common Polypody, a widely distributed species, growing on moist rocks, old walls, and trees (hence formerly known as polypody of the oak or polypody of the wall).
14..Stockh. Med. MS. i. 455 in Anglia XVIII. 306 The rotys of polypodye, þat is wylde brake. c1440Promp. Parv. 408/1 Polypodye, herbe, polipodia. 1486Bk. St. Albans C v, Take smale flambe rotis and polipodi. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 4 Polypody drieth and lesseth or thinneth the body. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. ccccli. 972 Wall Ferne, or Polypodie of the wall. 1653Walton Angler vi. 140 Take the stinking oil drawn out of Polypody of the Oak, by a retort mixt with Turpentine. 1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxxii. (1794) 490 Common Polypody has pinnatifid fronds. 1863Atkinson Stanton Grange (1864) 157 All three of the commoner polypodies. |