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Pteretis struthiopteris (gcide) | fiddlehead \fid"dle*head`\ n.
1. any of several tall ferns of northern temperate regions
having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling
ostrich plumes.
Syn: ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, {Matteuccia
struthiopteris}, Pteretis struthiopteris, {Onoclea
struthiopteris}.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. New World fern (Osmunda cinnamonea) having woolly
cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring
later surrounded by green fronds, called also {fiddlehead
fern}; the early uncurling fronds are edible, and
sometimes considered as a vegetable delicacy.
Syn: cinnamon fern, fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. (Naut.) an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the
volute or scroll at the head of a violin. Sometimes it
serves the function of a billhead.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
pteretis struthiopteris (wn) | Pteretis struthiopteris
n 1: tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful
arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
[syn: ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead,
Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris,
Onoclea struthiopteris] |
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