Synonyms of FIDDLEHEAD

noun

1. tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes

   Also: ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, 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

   Also: cinnamon fern, fiddlehead fern, osmunda cinnamonea.