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- noun botany Any of the
genus Woodwardia of chain ferns.
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Examples
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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.
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The most important of the larger species are woodwardia, aspidium, asplenium, and, above all, the common pteris.
The Yosemite John Muir 1876
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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
dontcry commented on the word woodwardia
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