golden polypody

noun

1. mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia

   Synonym:    common polypodyadder's fernwall ferngolden maidenhairsweet fernPolypodium vulgare

2. tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds

   Synonym:    serpent fernrabbit's-foot fernPhlebodium aureumPolypodium aureum