Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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fiddlehead | Yes | No | No | No |
osmund | Yes | No | No | No |
fiddlehead (noun) | osmund (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 | any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters |
tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes |