Fiddlehead Definition

fĭdl-hĕd
fiddleheads
noun
fiddleheads
A carved decoration on a ship's bow, curved like the scroll of a violin head.
Webster's New World
The coiled tip of a young fern of any of certain species, often cooked and eaten as a vegetable; crosier.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Matteuccia struthiopteris
  • shuttlecock fern
  • ostrich fern
  • Onoclea struthiopteris
  • Pteretis struthiopteris
  • Osmunda cinnamonea
  • fiddlehead fern
  • cinnamon-fern

Other Word Forms of Fiddlehead

Noun

Singular:
fiddlehead
Plural:
fiddleheads

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