Osmunda

【医】 紫萁属, 薇属

异体字:osmund 

os.mun.da

n.（名词）
Any of several ferns of the genusOsmunda, having erect, bipinnately compound fronds and deeply contracted fertile pinnules. The fibrous roots are sometimes used as a potting medium for cultivated plants, and the young crosiers are used as food.
紫萁：一种紫萁 属的蕨类植物，长有直立的二次羽状复叶及深度皱缩的产孢子二次羽叶。其须根有时可用作栽培植物的盆栽培养基，其嫩叶卷头可用作食物

来源：
New Latin Osmunda [genus name]
现代拉丁语 Osmunda [属名]
from Middle English osmunde [a kind of fern]
源自 中古英语 osmunde [一种蕨]
from Old French osmonde
源自 古法语 osmonde