FIDDLEHEAD - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds

Example: the early uncurling fronds are edible

Part of speech: Noun

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

Pteretis struthiopteris, Cinnamon fern, Onoclea struthiopteris, Ostrich fern, Shuttlecock fern

fiddle – A related word in the same word family.

head – A related word in the same word family.

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