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Fiddlehead

noun
1.
Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes.  Synonyms: Matteuccia struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris, ostrich fern, Pteretis struthiopteris, shuttlecock fern.
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.  Synonyms: cinnamon fern, fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea.





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Words linked to "Fiddlehead" :   fern, genus Matteuccia, cinnamon fern, Pteretis, Matteuccia, genus Pteretis, flowering fern, osmund


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