noun

• A large North American fern with cinnamon-coloured fronds.

  Osmunda cinnamomea, family Osmundaceae

  ‘Near the streams is an abundance of lady fern, netted chain fern, royal fern, cinnamon fern, and New York fern, often growing beneath a layer of mountain laurel.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Beneath the woody plants grow netted chain fern, cinnamon fern, sensitive fern, and various sedges and rushes.’
  • ‘Where the woods border the Housatonic River appear colonies of large cinnamon fern, ostrich fern, and royal fern, along with the somewhat smaller sensitive fern.’
  • ‘Visitors can discover six-foot-tall cinnamon ferns.’