Fiddlehead Definition
fĭdl-hĕd
fiddleheads
noun
fiddleheads
A carved decoration on a ship's bow, curved like the scroll of a violin head.
Webster's New World
The coiled tip of a young fern of any of certain species, often cooked and eaten as a vegetable; crosier.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- Matteuccia struthiopteris
- shuttlecock fern
- ostrich fern
- Onoclea struthiopteris
- Pteretis struthiopteris
- Osmunda cinnamonea
- fiddlehead fern
- cinnamon-fern
Other Word Forms of Fiddlehead
Noun
Singular:
fiddlehead
Plural:
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