Definition of Osmunda

1. osmund [n -S] - See also: osmund

Lexicographical Neighbors of Osmunda

osmote
osmotherapy
osmotic
osmotic diuresis
osmotic diuretics
osmotic fragility
osmotic nephrosis
osmotic pressure
osmotic shock
osmotica
osmotically
osmoticum
osmotolerance
osmous
osmund
osmunda (current term)
osmundas
osmundine
osmundines
osmunds
osnaburg
osnaburgs
oso-berry
osone
osones
osophies
osophy
osotriazole
osotriazoles
osphradia

Literary usage of Osmunda

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1829)
"THE osmunda Claytoniana* was introduced into the system of vegetables, ... The late Dr. Muhlenberg identified it with the osmunda interrupta of Michaux. ..."

2. An Analysis of the British Ferns and Their Allies by George William Francis (1851)
"A, portion of a frond of osmunda regalis, natural size. ... osmunda is a small genus, the species of which very much resemble each other in si-.e and ..."

3. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"... good reason why reliable preparations should not be the rule rather than, as heretofore, the exception. osmunda.—FLOWERING FERN. osmunda regalis Linne. ..."

4. The Testimony of the Rocks: Or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two by Hugh Miller (1867)
"... and to bind round his cap, — goes trailing on the drier spots for many feet over the soil; while at the edge of trickling runnel or Fig. 9. osmunda ..."

5. The British Ferns: Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions, with the Needful ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1861)
"osmunda regalis; fronds bipinnate, pinnules oblong, nearly entire, ... osmunda palustris. Schrad. in Goet. Gel. Am. 1824, p. 866. osmunda Capensis. ..."

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