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Detailed Synonyms for fiddlehead in English

fiddlehead:

fiddlehead [the ~] nom

  1. the fiddlehead
    – New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible 1
    the fiddlehead; the Osmunda cinnamonea; the fiddlehead fern; the cinnamon fern
    – New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible 1
  2. the fiddlehead
    – tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes 1
    the ostrich fern; the Pteretis struthiopteris; the Matteuccia struthiopteris; the shuttlecock fern; the fiddlehead; the Onoclea struthiopteris
    – tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes 1

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Related Definitions for "fiddlehead":

  1. New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible1
  2. tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes1

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