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
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Singular:
 fiddleheadPlural:
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