First Known Use: 1789
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osmunda
noun os·mun·da \äz-ˈmən-də\
Definition of OSMUNDA
: any of a genus (Osmunda) of rather large ferns (as the cinnamon fern) with pinnate or bipinnate fronds and fibrous creeping rhizomes
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Origin of OSMUNDA
New Latin, from Medieval Latin, from Old French osmonde
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