Definitions for Woodsia

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Woodsia wood·si·a

Spelling: [woo d-zee-uh]

IPA: /ˈwʊd zi ə/

Woodsia is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in Woodsia (adioosw).

Definitions for Woodsia

noun

1. any of various small ferns of the genus Woodsia, of northern temperate, alpine, and arctic regions, having short, stout stalks, usually lance-shaped fronds, and often covered with fine hairs: common on mountains in rocky ledges and crevices.

Origin of Woodsia

New Latin (1815), after Joseph Woods (1776-1864), English botanist; see -ia

Examples for Woodsia

Thought by some botanists to be a smooth form of woodsia ilvensis.

We discussed the woodsia Ilvensis and agreed that it was a mythical species.

Although the two common species of woodsia were near at hand, woodsia glabella was still eluding my search.

Mr. Frost, to whom they were first submitted, pronounced them woodsia glabella.

In this first blind endeavor I got, of course, no clew to woodsia glabella.

Among the specimens of woodsia glabella brought away were a few which I judged to belong to a different species.

The fescue (Festuca ovina), a little fern (woodsia), and a saussurea ascend very near the summit.