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osmunda definition

os·munda (äs mun′də, äz-)

noun

any of a genus (Osmunda, family Osmundaceae) of ferns having specialized fronds or portions of fronds bearing dense masses of spore cases

Etymology: ModL < OFr osmonde < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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