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  • noun botany Any of the genus Woodwardia of chain ferns.

Etymologies

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From the genus name.

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Examples

  • Between the huge brown boles of the redwoods woodwardia grew riotously, while through the great branches of these sentinels of the ages the sunlight filtered.

    The Valley of the Giants 1918

  • The most important of the larger species are woodwardia, aspidium, asplenium, and, above all, the common pteris.

    The Yosemite John Muir 1876

  • Many fine ferns dwell here also, especially the beautiful and interesting rock-ferns -- pellaea, and cheilanthes of several species -- fringing and rosetting dry rock-piles and ledges; woodwardia and asplenium on damp spots with fronds six or seven feet high; the delicate maiden-hair in mossy nooks by the falls, and the sturdy, broad-shouldered pteris covering nearly all the dry ground beneath the oaks and pines.

    The Yosemite John Muir 1876

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  • I stole this from wordnik for ptero!

    The most important of the larger species are woodwardia, aspidium, asplenium, and, above all, the common pteris. — The Yosemite

    September 11, 2009