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"