Lygodium

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A widely diffused genus of ferns with climbing stipes.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs.
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  • noun. chiefly tropical climbing ferns
  • Word Usage
    "I saw for the first time, too, a lygodium and the large climbing potato-fern"