polypody
nounUK /ˈpɒlɪpəʊdi/
Etymology From Anglo-Norman polypodie, from Late Latin polypodium, q.v.
1
Any of many ferns of the genus Polypodium, especially common polypody.
- Polypodie and epithyme are, without all exceptions, gentle purgers of melancholy […].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:
- If the humour be otherwise choose your Polypody accordingly.1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 226:
- Derived terms
- coast polypody, common polypody, dwarf polypody, golden polypody, gray polypody, grey polypody, habit polypody, intermediate polypody, irregular polypody, leatherleaf polypody, leathery polypody, nested polypody, rock polypody, Siberian polypody, snake polypody, southern polypody, Welsh polypody, western polypody