Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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fiddlehead | Yes | No | No | No |
Matteuccia | Yes | No | No | No |
fiddlehead (noun) | Matteuccia (noun) |
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New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible | small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae |
tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes |