polypody

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlɪpəʊdi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

polypody (plural polypodies)

1. Any of many ferns of the genus Polypodium, especially common polypody.
   • 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:

     Polypodie and epithyme are, without all exceptions, gentle purgers of melancholy […].

   • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 226:

     If the humour be otherwise choose your Polypody accordingly.

Derived terms

• coast polypody (Polypodium scouleri)
• common polypody (Polypodium virginianum, Polypodium vulgare)
• dwarf polypody (Grammitis spp.)
• golden polypody (Phlebodium vulgare, syn. Polypodium aureum)
• gray polypody, grey polypody (Polypodium polypodioides)
• habit polypody (Polypodium calirhiza)
• intermediate polypody (Polypodium interjectum)
• irregular polypody (Polypodium amorphum)
• leatherleaf polypody, leathery polypody (Polypodium scouleri)
• nested polypody (Polypodium calirhiza)
• rock polypody (Polypodium virginianum)
• Siberian polypody (Polypodium sibiricum)
• snake polypody (Microgramma piloselloides)
• southern polypody (Polypodium cambricum)
• Welsh polypody (Polypodium cambricum)
• western polypody (Polypodium hesperium)

Translations

any fern of the genus Polypodium — see also polypod

Arabic: بَسْبَايَج m (basbāyaj) Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܣܓܝ ܪܓܠܐ m pl (saggī reḡlē), ܒܣܦܝܐ m (baspāyā) Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: בַסְבָּג m (basbāg), פיספג m (*pispāg), סגי רגלי m pl (saggī reḡlē) Bulgarian: сладка папрат f (sladka paprat) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: eikvaren (nl) f Faroese: kumlakampur m Finnish: kallioimarre (fi) French: polypode (fr) m German: Tüpfelfarn m, Engelsüß m Greek: Ancient: πολυπόδιον n (polupódion), πτέρῐς f (ptérĭs) Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Latin: filix f, filicula f Persian: بسپایک (fa) (baspâyak), بسفایج (fa) (basfâyaj) Polish: paprotka (pl) f Portuguese: polipódio m Russian: многоно́жка (ru) f (mnogonóžka) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: stensöta (sv) c Welsh: llawredyn f pl

References

• polypody on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polypodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Polypodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons