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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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