chain fern

chain fern
noun
a fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows
Hypernyms: ↑fern
Member Holonyms: ↑Woodwardia, ↑genus Woodwardia

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noun
: a fern having the sori in chainlike rows (as members of the genus Woodwardia)

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any of several ferns of the genus Woodwardia, having a chainlike row of sori on either side of the midrib of each fertile leaflet.
[1865-70, Amer.]

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chain fern,
a large fern found in the northern hemisphere that bears rows of sori like chains.

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