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fiddlehead fern

DEFINITIONS OF: fiddlehead fern

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n New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible

Synonyms:
Osmunda cinnamonea, cinnamon fern, fiddlehead
Type of:
flowering fern, osmund
any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
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