'Woodwardia' definitions:
Definition of 'Woodwardia'
(from WordNet)
noun
In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns [syn: Woodwardia, genus Woodwardia]
Definition of 'Woodwardia'
From: GCIDE
- Woodwardia \Wood*war"di*a\, n. [NL. After Thomas J. Woodward, an English botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of ferns, one species of which ({Woodwardia radicans}) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc. [1913 Webster] Wood-wax Wood-wash