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Fiddlehead

Fiddlehead Meaning & Definition
Fiddlehead Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fiddlehead?

[n] New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
[n] tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fiddlehead: cinnamon fern | fiddlehead fern | Matteuccia struthiopteris | Onoclea struthiopteris | Osmunda cinnamonea | ostrich fern | Pteretis struthiopteris | shuttlecock fern

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See Also | fern | flowering fern | genus Matteuccia | genus Pteretis | Matteuccia | osmund | Pteretis

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