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fiddlehead vs fern

fern vs fiddlehead

fiddlehead and fern both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fiddlehead Yes No No No
fern Yes No No No
As nouns, fern is a hypernym of fiddlehead; that is, fern is a word with a broader meaning than fiddlehead:
  • fiddlehead: tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
  • fern: any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
fiddlehead (noun) fern (noun)
New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
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