woodsia

/ˈwʊdziə/

Other forms: woodsias

Definitions of woodsia

1. noun

   any fern of the genus Woodsia
   types:

   Woodsia ilvensis, fragrant woodsia, oblong woodsia, rusty woodsia

   a common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate fronds

   Alpine woodsia, Woodsia alpina, flower-cup fern, northern woodsia

   slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori

   Woodsia glabella, smooth woodsia

   rock-inhabiting fern of Arctic and subarctic Europe to eastern Asia

   type of:

   fern

   any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores