chain fern

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Noun

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chain fern - a fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rowsfern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by sporesgenus Woodwardia, Woodwardia - in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain fernsVirginia chain fern, Woodwardia virginica - North American fern