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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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