polypody
/ˈpɒlɪpəʊdɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1- a widely distributed fern which has stout scaly creeping rhizomes and remains green during the winter, growing on trees, walls, and stones, especially in limestone areas多足蕨。
1.1
- Genus Polypodium, family Polypodiaceae: several species, in particular the common polypody (P. vulgare).多足蕨属, 多足蕨科：数种, 尤指多足蕨 （拉丁名P. vulgare）。
词源
late Middle English: via Latin from Greek polupodion, denoting a kind of fern, from polu- 'many' + pous, pod- 'foot'.