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fiddlehead
noun(fid-dle-head)
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,
fiddlehead
noun(fid-dle-head)
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,

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