Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Osmunda cinnamomea: so called from the cinnamon-colored sporangia which cover the fertile fronds.
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A small jungle of dog-roses, elder, and blackberry tangled the banks of the stream, spreading into flanks of cinnamon-fern that crept well up the hillsides.
Roof and Meadow Dallas Lore Sharp 1899
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