fiddlehead fern

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Variant of fiddlehead

fiddlehead definition

fiddle·head (-hed′)

noun

  1. a carved decoration on a ship's bow, curved like the scroll of a violin head

  2. Etymology: so named from its shape

    the coiled tip of a young fern of any of certain species, often cooked and eaten as a vegetable; crosier
    also called fiddlehead fern

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