fiddlehead

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noun

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