Source : WordNet®

golden polypody
     n 1: tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated
          for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds;
          sometimes placed in genus Polypodium [syn: {serpent fern},
           {rabbit's-foot fern}, {Phlebodium aureum}, {Polypodium
          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 Asia [syn: {common
        polypody}, {adder's fern}, {wall fern}, {golden maidenhair},
         {sweet fern}, {Polypodium vulgare}]