Definition of fiddlehead

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  • fiddlehead is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 19
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Definition of fiddlehead

  • 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
  • tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. matteuccia struthiopteris
    2. onoclea struthiopteris
    3. ostrich fern
    4. pteretis struthiopteris
    5. shuttlecock fern

See definition of fiddlehead in Merriam Webster