NOUN | plant | chain fern | a fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows |
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Meaning | A fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows. | |
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Member of | Woodwardia, genus Woodwardia | In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae |
Narrower | Virginia chain fern, Woodwardia virginica | North American fern |
Broader | fern | Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward |
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