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Osmunda cinnamomea

Osmunda cinnamomea

9.9
A North American fern with soft cinnamon-coloured young fronds you can eat and later green fronds
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : helecho canela
  • The cinnamon-colored fronds make Osmunda cinnamomea easy to identify among other ferns.

Examples

  • The Osmunda cinnamomea thrives in moist woodland areas across North America.

  • In spring, foragers sometimes collect young Osmunda cinnamomea fronds for culinary use.

  • The Osmunda cinnamomea is often found in wetland areas.

  • Have you ever seen Osmunda cinnamomea in bloom?

  • In spring, foragers sometimes collect young Osmunda cinnamomea fronds for culinary use.

  • The Osmunda cinnamomea thrives in moist woodland areas across North America.

  • The cinnamon-colored fronds make Osmunda cinnamomea easy to identify among other ferns.

Synonyms

cinnamon fern
vsOsmunda cinnamomea
  • US
7.8

A large North American plant with hairy cinnamon-colored fronds that appear in spring

is the identical name given as the scientific Latin form

Surface Forms

Osmunda cinnamomea singular
Osmunda cinnamomeas plural

Morphology

Osmunda + cinnamomea

This is a standard Linnaean binomial composed of a genus name + descriptive epithet. If a learner knows 'Osmunda' (a fern) and understands 'cinnamomea' as 'cinnamon-colored', the meaning 'a cinnamon-colored Osmunda fern' is directly derivable from the parts, so the composition is transparent.

Etymology

Osmunda cinnamomea is a fern named for its brown, woolly spring fronds that look like sticks of cinnamon. The word cinnamomea therefore means 'cinnamon-colored', and that picture helps people 'identify' this fern today.