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1 definition found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fiddlehead n 1: tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes [syn: {ostrich fern}, {shuttlecock fern}, {Matteuccia struthiopteris}, {Pteretis struthiopteris}, {Onoclea struthiopteris}] 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 [syn: {cinnamon fern}, {fiddlehead fern}, {Osmunda cinnamonea}]
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