HyperDic: osmunda_cinnamonea

English > 1 sense of the expression Osmunda cinnamonea:
NOUNplantOsmunda cinnamonea, cinnamon fern, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fernNew World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds
English > Osmunda cinnamonea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningNew World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible.
Synonymscinnamon fern, fiddlehead, fiddlehead fern
Broaderflowering fern, osmundAny fern of the genus Osmunda

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