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Definition of Osmundine
1. Noun. (botany) The roots of ferns of the genus ''Osmunda'', used in growing orchids etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Osmundine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Osmundine
Literary usage of Osmundine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Border, osmundine, etc.) PADDOCK, WENDELL, Prof, of Horticulture, Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio. (Peach.) PARSONS, SAMUEL, Landscape Architect, ..."
2. Flora of the Southern United States: Containing an Abridged Description of by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1897)
"osmundine^!. Sporangia large, nearly sessile on the back or margins of the mostly
contracted fertile fronds, two-valved, opening vertically at the apex. ..."
3. Description of the Geology of the State of New Jersey: Being a Final Report by Henry Darwin Rogers (1840)
"Hillsides and shady ravines, not common. Onoclea sensibilis, Linn. Damp or wet
places, common. SUBORDER II.—osmundine^. ..."
4. The Principles of Floriculture by Edward Albert White (1915)
"... it consists largely of osmundine (osmunda fiber). This fiber is the roots of
ferns, and is almost entirely lacking in organic matter. ..."
5. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1859)
"osmundine^. THE FLOWERING FERN FAMILY. Sporangia variously collected (large),
destitute of any proper ring, cellular-reticulated, opening lengthwise by a ..."
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