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Meaning of word fiddlehead from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

fiddlehead noun

Meaning : 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

Meaning : 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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