cinnamon fern

/ˌsɪnəmən fərn/
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Other forms: cinnamon ferns

Definitions of cinnamon fern
  1. noun
    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, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern
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    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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