fiddlehead
1.
(
noun
) New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
Synonyms:
Osmunda cinnamonea
,
cinnamon fern
,
fiddlehead fern
Related Words:
flowering fern
,
osmund
2.
(
noun
) tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Synonyms:
Matteuccia struthiopteris
,
Onoclea struthiopteris
,
Pteretis struthiopteris
,
ostrich fern
,
shuttlecock fern
Related Words:
fern
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