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Osmunda cinnamonea   Listen
Osmunda cinnamonea

noun
1.
New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible.  Synonyms: cinnamon fern, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern.





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"Osmunda cinnamonea" Quotes from Famous Books



... acrostichoides or Christmas fern); and the other is called K[^a][']ga-Asg[^u]['][n]tag[)i] ("crow's shin," the Adianthum pedatum or Maidenhair fern); and the other is the common Eg[^u]['][n]l[)i] (another fern); and the other is the Little Soft (-leaved) Eg[^u]['][n]l[)i] (Osmunda Cinnamonea or cinnamon fern), which grows in the rocks and resembles Y[^a]na-Uts[)e][']sta and is a small and soft (-leaved) Eg[^u]['][n]l[)i]. Another has brown roots and another has black roots. The roots ...
— The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees • James Mooney


Words linked to "Osmunda cinnamonea" :   osmund, flowering fern


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