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polypodies

polypodies is the plural of polypody.

Meaning of polypody

Noun

polypody (plural polypodies)

  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...

Questions about polypodies

What is polypodies the plural of?
Polypodies is the plural of polypody.

Words near polypodies in the dictionary

  1. polypodasaponin
  2. polypode
  3. polypodes
  4. polypodia
  5. polypodiaceous
  6. polypodies
  7. polypodium
  8. polypodiums
  9. polypodoside
  10. polypodous
  11. polypods

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