Dictionary

polypody en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɒlɪpəʊdi/ (UK)
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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman polypodie, from Late Latin polypodium, q.v.

Meanings

1. Any of many ferns of the genus Polypodium, especially common polypody.
   • Polypodie and epithyme are, without all exceptions, gentle purgers of melancholy […]. 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 2, subsection ii:
   • If the humour be otherwise choose your Polypody accordingly. 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 226:

Forms

Deriveds

leatherleaf polypody · southern polypody · western polypody · leathery polypody · golden polypody · grey polypody · habit polypody · irregular polypody · nested polypody · Welsh polypody · Siberian polypody · intermediate polypody · dwarf polypody · gray polypody · common polypody · coast polypody · snake polypody · rock polypody

Translations (24)

bg сладка папрат (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · fa بسپایک (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · la filix (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · la filicula (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · fr polypode (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · nl eikvaren (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · fa بسفایج (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · ru многоно́жка (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · de Engelsüß (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · syc ܒܣܦܝܐ (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · pt polipódio (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · arc בַסְבָּג (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · fi kallioimarre (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · sv stensöta (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · grc πολυπόδιον (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · cy llawredyn (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · ar بَسْبَايَج (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · pl paprotka (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · fo kumlakampur (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · de Tüpfelfarn (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · syc ܣܓܝ ܪܓܠܐ (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · arc פיספג (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · grc πτέρῐς (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod) · arc סגי רגלי (any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod)