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Woodwardia  n.  (Bot.) A genus of ferns, one species of which (Woodwardia radicans) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc.





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... described by Sir Charles Bunbury and Professor Heer, and the former first pointed out that many of the leaves are of the laurel type, and analogous to those now flourishing in the modern forests of Madeira. He also recognised among them the leaves of Woodwardia radicans, and Davallia Canariensis, ferns now abundant in Madeira. Thirdly— the great age of this leaf-bed of San Jorge, which was perhaps originally formed in the crater of some ancient volcanic cone afterwards buried under lava, is ...
— The Student's Elements of Geology • Sir Charles Lyell
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Words linked to "Woodwardia" :   Woodwardia virginica, Blechnaceae, fern genus, chain fern, genus Woodwardia, family Blechnaceae


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