chain fern

/tʃeɪn fərn/
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Definitions of chain fern
  1. noun
    a fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows
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    types:
    Virginia chain fern, Woodwardia virginica
    North American fern
    type of:
    fern
    any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
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