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osmund |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Osmund \Os"mund\, n. (Bot.) A fern of the genus {Osmunda}, or flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the {osmund royal}, or {royal fern} ({Osmunda regalis}), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: osmund n : any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters [syn: {flowering fern}]
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