noun
Meaning 1
Osmunda regalis, a fern native to Europe, Africa and Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
royal fern
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noun
Meaning 2
Osmunda spectabilis (American royal fern_.
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noun
Meaning 3
large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: royal osmund, king fern, ditch fern, French bracken, Osmunda regalis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flowering fern, osmund
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: царска папрат (carska paprat) — Osmunda regalis
- Bulgarian: осмунда (osmunda) — Osmunda regalis
- Catalan: falguera reial — Osmunda regalis
- Dutch: koningsvaren — Osmunda regalis
- Galician: dentabrún — Osmunda regalis
- Galician: dentexil — Osmunda regalis
- Galician: dentagrón — Osmunda regalis
- German: Königsfarn — Osmunda regalis
- Irish: raithneach ríúil — Osmunda regalis
- Irish: raithneach ghallda — Osmunda regalis
- Kabyle: taṛeṭṭast — Osmunda regalis
- Swedish: safsa — Osmunda regalis
- Welsh: rhedyn cyfrdwy — Osmunda regalis