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chainfern

chainfern is the alternative form of chain fern.

Meaning of chain fern

Noun

chain fern (plural chain ferns)

  1. Woodwardia, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
  2. Tmesipteris, native to the South Pacific, also called fork ferns.
    Synonyms:
    hanging fork fern

Forms of chainfern

pluralchainferns

Phrases with chainfern

Questions about chainfern

What is chainfern the alternative form of?
Chainfern is the alternative form of chain fern.

Words near chainfern in the dictionary

  1. chaineth
  2. chainette
  3. chainettes
  4. chainfall
  5. chainfalls
  6. chainfern
  7. chainferns
  8. chainganger
  9. chaingangers
  10. chainguard
  11. chainguards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chainfern (page history and authors); chain fern (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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