fiddlehead Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Onoclea struthiopteris; shuttlecock fern; ostrich fern; Pteretis struthiopteris; Matteuccia struthiopteris.
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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
fiddlehead fern; Osmunda cinnamonea; cinnamon fern.
