Fiddlehead Synonyms

fĭdl-hĕd
Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ostrich fern
  2. shuttlecock fern
  3. Matteuccia struthiopteris
  4. Pteretis struthiopteris
  5. Onoclea struthiopteris
New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cinnamon-fern
  2. fiddlehead fern
  3. Osmunda cinnamonea