Woodwardia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Woodwardia
       n : in some classification systems placed in family
           Polypodiaceae: chain ferns [syn: {genus Woodwardia}]