Obs. rare–1. [f. FERN sb.1 + OSMUND.] The Royal Fern, Osmunda regalis.
1614. Markham, Cheap Husb., Table of Hard Words, Ferne Osmund is an hearbe of some called Water-Ferne, hath a trianguler stalke … and it growes in Boggs. Ibid., I. lxvi. 39. [Some later editions have the misprinted form fernsmund, which has been copied into mod. Dicts.]
