For an expression to be a polynomial term, any variables in the expression must have whole-number powers (or else the "understood" power of 1, as in x1, which is normally written as x). A plain number can also be a polynomial term. In particular, for an expression to be a polynomial term, it must contain no square roots of variables, no fractional or negative powers on the variables, and no variables in the denominators of any fractions. Here are some examples:
This is a polynomial expression 4x²
This is not a polynomial expression √x
