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fiddlehead

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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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