| slovo | definícia |
fiddlehead
(encz) | fiddlehead, n: |
fiddlehead
(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] |
fiddlehead
(wn) | fiddlehead
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]
2: New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing
fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the
early uncurling fronds are edible [syn: cinnamon fern,
fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
fiddlehead fern
(encz) | fiddlehead fern, n: |
fiddlehead fern
(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] |
fiddlehead fern
(wn) | fiddlehead fern
n 1: New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing
fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds;
the early uncurling fronds are edible [syn: {cinnamon
fern}, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern, {Osmunda
cinnamonea}] |
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