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OSMUND
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
Synonyms:
flowering fern; osmund
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("osmund" is a kind of...):
fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "osmund"):
ditch fern; French bracken; king fern; Osmunda regalis; royal fern; royal osmund (large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds)
interrupted fern; Osmunda clatonia (North American fern having tall erect pinnate fronds and a few sporogenous pinnae at or near the center of the fertile fronds)
cinnamon fern; fiddlehead; fiddlehead fern; Osmunda cinnamonea (New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible)
Holonyms ("osmund" is a member of...):
genus Osmunda (type genus of the Osmundaceae)
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