Osmund

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]