OSMUNDA CLATONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Osmunda clatonia mean? 

• OSMUNDA CLATONIA (noun)
  The noun OSMUNDA CLATONIA has 1 sense:

1. North American fern having tall erect pinnate fronds and a few sporogenous pinnae at or near the center of the fertile fronds

  Familiarity information: OSMUNDA CLATONIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSMUNDA CLATONIA (noun)

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Meaning:

North American fern having tall erect pinnate fronds and a few sporogenous pinnae at or near the center of the fertile fronds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

interrupted fern; Osmunda clatonia

Hypernyms ("Osmunda clatonia" is a kind of...):

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