polypodium

== English == === Etymology === From Late Latin polypodium, from Ancient Greek πολυπόδιον (polupódion), from πολυ- (polu-, “poly-, many”) + πούς (poús, “-pod, foot”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”). Later reinforced by the translingual scientific use of Polypodium. === Noun === polypodium (plural polypodiums or polypodia) (botany) Synonym of polypody: any fern of the genus Polypodium. ==== Related terms ==== polypod, polypody === References === “Polypodium”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “polypodium, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. == Latin == === Alternative forms === polypodion === Etymology === Via Classical Late polypodion, from Ancient Greek πολυπόδιον (polupódion), from πολυ- (polu-, “poly-, many”) + πούς (poús, “-pod, foot”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”). === Noun === polypodium n (genitive polypodiī or polypodī); second declension (Late Latin, botany) a polypody (Late Latin, botany) the polypodia collectively ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== English: polypodium, polypody French: polypodie Translingual: Polypodium