Noun: Polypodium polypodioides
- Fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa
"The Polypodium polypodioides on the oak tree turned green after the rain";
- grey polypody [Brit, Cdn], gray polypody [US], resurrection fern
Type of: polypody
Encyclopedia: Polypodium polypodioides