Definitions for "Woodwardia"
A genus of ferns, one species of which (Woodwardia radicans) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc.
in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns
Woodwardia (chain fern) is a genus of 14-20 species of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere.