Polypodium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polypodium \Pol"y*po`di*um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, dim. of ?. See
     {Polyp}, and cf. 2d {Polypode}.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants of the order {Filices} or ferns. The
     fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called
     sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or
     leaf. There are numerous species.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Polypodium
       n : a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and
           having rounded naked sori [syn: {genus Polypodium}]