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 […] .

Anagrams

• damnous

Italian

Noun

osmunda f (plural osmunde)

1. royal fern, osmund (of genus Osmunda)

Anagrams

• Asmundo, musando