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royal fern

noun
variants: or less commonly royal osmund

Definition of royal fern

: a common and widely distributed fern (Osmunda regalis) with large bipinnate fronds bearing the panicled globose sporangia at their summit

called also ditch fern, French bracken, king fern

First Known Use of royal fern

1781, in the meaning defined above

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