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-washWordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Woodwardia n 1: in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns [syn: Woodwardia, genus Woodwardia]