English noun: fiddlehead |
1. | fiddlehead (plant) tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes |
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| Synonyms | Matteuccia struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris, ostrich fern, Pteretis struthiopteris, shuttlecock fern |
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| Broader (hypernym) | fern |
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| Member meronym | genus Matteuccia, genus Pteretis, Matteuccia, Pteretis |
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2. | fiddlehead (plant) New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible |
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| Synonyms | cinnamon fern, fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea |
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| Broader (hypernym) | flowering fern, osmund |
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