doodia

1. 1.

   any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae

   Synonymsrasp fern

   Broaderfern

   Part ofgenus Doodia
2. 2.

   in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; small terrestrial colony-forming ferns of Australasia

   Synonymsgenus Doodia

   Broaderfern genus

   Part ofBlechnaceae

Other forms of doodia

plural

doodias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about doodia

What does doodia mean?

doodia means "any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in doodia?

doodia has 3 syllables: do-o-dia. The stress falls on "do".

What is another word for doodia?

Close synonyms include rasp fern, genus Doodia. 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.

Is doodia a common word?

doodia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.