osmunda

See also: Osmunda

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin osmunda (“royal fern”). Compare osmund.

Noun

osmunda (plural osmundas)

  1. (botany) A fern of the genus Osmunda, especially the royal fern, Osmunda regalis. [from 18th c.]
    • 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 11:
      The fair Osᴍᴜɴᴅᴀ seeks the silent dell, / The ivy canopy, and dripping cell […] .

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Italian

Noun

osmunda f (plural osmunde)

  1. royal fern, osmund (of genus Osmunda)

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