woodsia

1. 1.

   any fern of the genus Woodsia

   Broaderfern

   Narrowerrusty woodsiaAlpine woodsiasmooth woodsia

   Part ofgenus Woodsia

Other forms of woodsia

plural

woodsias·

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 woodsia

What does woodsia mean?

woodsia means "any fern of the genus Woodsia".

How many syllables are in woodsia?

woodsia has 3 syllables: wo-od-sia. The stress falls on "wo".

Is woodsia a common word?

woodsia 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.