cinnamon fern

noun

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

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Origin of cinnamon fern

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby cinnamon fern

cinnamic alcohol, cinnamic aldehyde, cinnamon, cinnamon bear, cinnamon bun, cinnamon fern, cinnamon sedge, cinnamon stone, cinnamon teal, cinnamon toast, cinnamyl acetate
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