fiddlehead

Noun
  1. Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes (synset 113218952)
    is a type of: fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
    belongs to: genus matteuccia, genus pteretis, matteuccia, pteretis - small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae
    same as: 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 (synset 112974679)
    is a type of: flowering fern, osmund - any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
    same as: cinnamon fern, fiddlehead fern, osmunda cinnamonea

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