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GOLDEN POLYPODY

Definition:

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