| 单词 | polypod fern |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspolypod fern Originally: common polypody (polypody n.1). Now more generally: any fern of the genus Polypodium or the family Polypodiaceae. Also polypod fern. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > polypodies everferneOE polypodya1398 polypoda1500 polypody of the oaka1500 polypodium1525 wall fern1526 brake of the wall1561 polypody of the wall1597 oak fern1844 rabbit's foot fern1886 a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 711/37 Polipodicum, a pollypod. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. 217 Heere findes he on an Oake Rheume-purging Polipode. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 27 Nor may we here omit to mention the Galls, Missletoe, Polypod, Agaric..Fungus's..and many other useful Excrescencies [of the oak]. 1742 W. Ellis Timber-tree Improved (ed. 3) II. ii. 35 Oaken Coals, beaten and mix'd with Honey, cure the Carbuncle; to say nothing of the Viscus's, Polypods, and other Excrescencies, of which innumerable Remedies are composed. 1799 tr. B. Faujas-de-St.-Fond Trav. in Eng., Scotl., & Hebrides I. 82 The polypodes, ferns, and different plants which require coolness and the shade, are placed in appropriate situations. 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xvi. 143 The bright green polypods and maiden's hair waved in silent feathery harmony. 1900 Bot. Gaz. 29 430 The fronds of the polypod were fine fruiting specimens from three to twelve inches high. 1960 H. S. Zim Guide to Everglades 62 Resurrection fern, a polypod, grows on trees, dries up in unfavorable weather, unrolls and grows after it rains. 1992 M. Schaffer-Fehre tr. S. Schaal & W. Ziegler Messel iv. 29/3 (caption) Pinna of Rumohra recentior, a polypod fern. < as lemmas |
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