resurrection fern

resurrection fern

n. An epiphytic, creeping fern (Pleopeltis polypodioides syn. Polypodium polypodioides) native to warm regions of the Americas and southern Africa, having fronds that curl up and appear dead in prolonged dry weather and expand under moist conditions.

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resurrection fern - fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africagray polypody, grey polypody, Polypodium polypodioidespolypody - any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium