fiddlehead
fiddlehead · fiddleheads
The scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddleThe scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddle.
US/ˈfɪdəlˌhɛd/
Meaning
3 sensesThe scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddle.
A similar scroll-shaped ornament on a ship's bow.
The furled fronds of a young fern, sometimes harvested for food consumption.
More definitions
- New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
- tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From fiddle + head.From fiddle + head.
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Forms
plural: fiddleheads| Singular | fiddlehead |
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Synonyms
14 synonymsClose in meaning
- New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible:cinnamon fernfiddlehead fernOsmunda cinnamonea
- tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes:ostrich fernshuttlecock fernMatteuccia struthiopterisPteretis struthiopterisOnoclea struthiopteris