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Woodwardia

noun

in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns

• Syn: ↑genus Woodwardia

• Hypernyms: ↑fern genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Blechnaceae, ↑family Blechnaceae

• Member Meronyms: ↑chain fern

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\\wu̇ˈdwärdēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Thomas J. Woodward died 1820 English botanist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of chain ferns (family Polypodiaceae) having linear lanceolate pinnae and sori in rows

Useful english dictionary. 2012.