fiddleheads

Noun

• tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
• New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
• plural of fiddlehead

Synonyms

cinnamon fern, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris, Osmunda cinnamonea, ostrich fern, Pteretis struthiopteris, shuttlecock fern