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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 osmund
 薇的一種

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Os·mund n. Bot. A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern.  The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top.  The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 osmund
      n : any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping
          rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that
          resemble flower clusters [syn: flowering fern]