royal fern
noun
variants or less commonly royal osmund
: 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
Word History
First Known Use
1781, in the meaning defined above
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