from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
golden polypody
n 1: tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated
for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds;
sometimes placed in genus Polypodium [syn: {golden
polypody}, {serpent fern}, {rabbit's-foot fern},
{Phlebodium aureum}, {Polypodium aureum}]
2: mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping
rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North
America and Europe and Africa and east Asia [syn: {common
polypody}, {adder's fern}, {wall fern}, {golden maidenhair},
{golden polypody}, {sweet fern}, {Polypodium vulgare}]