os·mun·da ( z-m n d ) 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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