Osmunda Definition

ŏz-mŭndə
noun
Any of a genus (Osmunda, family Osmundaceae) of ferns having specialized fronds or portions of fronds bearing dense masses of spore cases.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Osmundaceae "” the royal ferns.

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Other Word Forms of Osmunda

Noun

Singular:
osmunda
Plural:
osmundas

Origin of Osmunda

  • New Latin Osmunda genus name from Middle English osmunde a kind of fern from Old French osmonde

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the genus name.

    From Wiktionary

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