fiddlehead

Meaning

  1. The scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddle.
  2. A similar scroll-shaped ornament on a ship's bow.
  3. The furled fronds of a young fern harvested for food consumption.

Synonyms

shuttlecock fern

fiddlehead fern

Pteretis struthiopteris

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Onoclea struthiopteris

Osmunda cinnamonea

Translations

bàcul

Crosse

échase

fougère allemande

fougère autruche

baculus

piskopos asası

Etymology

From fiddle + head.

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