osmunda
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 < ?
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