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Definition of Osmunda regalis
1. Noun. Large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds.
Exact synonyms: Ditch Fern, French Bracken, King Fern, Royal Fern, Royal Osmund
Generic synonyms: Flowering Fern, Osmund
Generic synonyms: Flowering Fern, Osmund
Lexicographical Neighbors of Osmunda Regalis
Literary usage of Osmunda regalis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Type species : Osmunda regalis L. Blades bipinnate, some of them fertile at the
... Osmunda regalis L. Royal Fern. Fig. 15. Osmunda regalis L. Sp. PI. 1065. ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1901)
"There may be as few as two or as many as eight xylem strands in one transverse
section of the stem, while in Osmunda regalis the number is considerably ..."
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