cinnamon fern

noun

a common coarse fern, Osmunda cinnamomea, having rusty-woolly stalks, growing in wet, low woods or thickets.

Origin of cinnamon fern

¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Words Nearby cinnamon fern

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How to use cinnamon fern in a sentence

They are dark-green, while those of the cinnamon fern are golden-brown.
How to Know the Ferns | Frances Theodora Parsons
I hear that some children in some places eat the young fronds of cinnamon fern, but I never saw it done.
Old-Time Gardens | Alice Morse Earle
Seen from a distance its graceful leaf-crowns resemble those of the cinnamon fern.
The Fern Lover's Companion | George Henry Tilton

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