ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈpōdēəm noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, polypody, from Greek polypodion, from polypodion, diminutive of polypod-, polypous many-footed
: a genus (the type of the family Polypodiaceae) of ferns containing the polypodies and distinguished by the roundish naked sori