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Added 9 October 2026

polypodium

noun

Latin root: polypodium Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about polypodium at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori.

Origin

From Late Latin polypodium, from Ancient Greek πολυπόδιον (polupódion), from πολυ- (polu-, “poly-, many”) + πούς (poús, “-pod, foot”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”). Later reinforced by the translingual scientific use of Polypodium.

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