Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Osmund"
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) 1.7 (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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