chain fern

English Thesaurus

1. a fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fern,
definition	:	any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	virginia chain fern, woodwardia virginica,
definition	:	North American fern (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus woodwardia, woodwardia,
definition	:	in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns (noun.plant)