golden polypody

Noun (2)

1. tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus PolypodiumSynonyms: golden polypodyserpent fernrabbit's-foot fernPhlebodium aureumPolypodium aureum
2. mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east AsiaSynonyms: common polypodyadder's fernwall ferngolden maidenhairgolden polypodysweet fernPolypodium vulgare