woodwardia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns
    genus Woodwardia.

WordNet

Wood*war"di*a noun
Etymology
NL. After Thomas J. Woodward, an English botanist.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of ferns, one species of which (Woodwardia radicans) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc.

Webster 1913