alpine woodsia

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

   Synonymsnorthern woodsiaflower-cup fernWoodsia alpina

   Broaderwoodsia

Questions about alpine woodsia

What does alpine woodsia mean?

alpine woodsia means "slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori".

What is another word for alpine woodsia?

Close synonyms include northern woodsia, flower-cup fern, Woodsia alpina. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.