Po-lŷp'o-dy, n.

n. [Lat. polypodium, Gr. πολυπόδιον, diminutive of πολύπους, Fr. polypode, It. & Sp. polipodio. See POLYP.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Polypodium, of the order of Filices, or ferns. The fructifications are in roundish points, scattered over the inferior disk of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species. Loudon.