Woodwardia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Woodwardia
    n 1: in some classification systems placed in family
         Polypodiaceae: chain ferns [syn: {Woodwardia}, {genus
         Woodwardia}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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