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   fiddlehead 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.
   
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   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.
   
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   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.
   
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