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CHAIN FERN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chain fern" is a kind of...):
fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chain fern"):
Virginia chain fern; Woodwardia virginica (North American fern)
Holonyms ("chain fern" is a member of...):
genus Woodwardia; Woodwardia (in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns)
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