1. (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

• adder's fern
• common polypody
• golden maidenhair
• golden polypody
• polypodium vulgare
• sweet fern

1. (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

• polypody