golden polypody

(noun) tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium. Synonyms: golden polypody, serpent fern, rabbit's-foot fern, Phlebodium aureum, Polypodium aureum.

(noun) mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia. Synonyms: common polypody, adder's fern, wall fern, golden maidenhair, golden polypody, sweet fern, Polypodium vulgare.