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osmunda

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os·mun·da  (z-mnd) also os·mund (zmnd)
n.
Any of several ferns of the genus Osmunda, having erect, bipinnately compound fronds and deeply contracted fertile pinnules. The fibrous roots are sometimes used as a potting medium for cultivated plants, and the young crosiers are used as food.
[New Latin Osmunda, genus name, from Middle English osmunde, a kind of fern, from Old French osmonde.]
osmunda [ɒzˈmʌndə], osmund [ˈɒzmənd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any fern of the genus Osmunda, such as the royal fern, having large spreading fronds: family Osmundaceae
[from Old French osmonde, of unknown origin]
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The study found that Osmunda has the tobacco gene order, whereas the remaining taxa studied (a tree fern and several polypods) all had the Adiantum gene order, with no additional changes in structure detected.
Phylogenetic Use of Inversions in Fern Chloroplast Genomes by Wolf, Paul G.; Duffy, Aaron M.; Roper, Jessie M. / American Fern Journal
Osmunda regalis, the Royal Fern, was much loved by our Victorian and Edwardian forebears and is still a worthy garden plant for the bog garden or other permanently damp place and, unlike many ferns, will thrive in full sunshine, producing the typical flower spikes in mid to late summer.
GARDENING: Hardy ferns recapture glory days of Victoriang by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Orchid root media consists of bark or osmunda fiber, hinting at their dislike of standing or excessive water.
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THESE ORCHIDS GET GROWING by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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