What is the meaning of fiddlehead?

Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes.
- synonyms: ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris
New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible.
- synonyms: cinnamon fern, fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea

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