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SNAKE POLYPODY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snake polypody mean?
• SNAKE POLYPODY (noun)
The noun SNAKE POLYPODY has 1 sense:
1. epiphytic ferns with long rhizomes; tropical America
Familiarity information: SNAKE POLYPODY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Epiphytic ferns with long rhizomes; tropical America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Microgramma-piloselloides; snake polypody
Hypernyms ("snake polypody" is a kind of...):
fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)
Holonyms ("snake polypody" is a member of...):
genus Microgramma; Microgramma (epiphytic ferns of tropical America and Africa)
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