fiddlehead
Meaning
- The scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddle.
- A similar scroll-shaped ornament on a ship's bow.
- 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
Etymology
From fiddle + head.
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