noun
1. Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds
• Syn: ↑Helminthostachys zeylanica
• Hypernyms: ↑fern
• Member Holonyms: ↑Helminthostachys, ↑genus Helminthostachys
2. any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
• Syn: ↑osmund
• Hypernyms: ↑fern
• Hyponyms:
↑royal fern, ↑royal osmund, ↑king fern, ↑ditch fern, ↑French bracken, ↑Osmunda regalis, ↑interrupted fern, ↑Osmunda clatonia, ↑cinnamon fern, ↑fiddlehead, ↑fiddlehead fern, ↑Osmunda cinnamonea
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Osmunda
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noun : a fern of the genus Osmunda in which the naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
Useful english dictionary. 2012.