'Onoclea struthiopteris' definitions:
Definition of 'Onoclea struthiopteris'
From: WordNet
noun
Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes [syn: ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris]
Definition of 'Onoclea struthiopteris'
From: GCIDE
- fiddlehead \fid"dle*head`\ n.
- 1. any of several tall ferns of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes.
- Syn: ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, {Matteuccia struthiopteris}, Pteretis struthiopteris, {Onoclea struthiopteris}. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. New World fern (Osmunda cinnamonea) having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds, called also {fiddlehead fern}; the early uncurling fronds are edible, and sometimes considered as a vegetable delicacy.
- Syn: cinnamon fern, fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. (Naut.) an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the volute or scroll at the head of a violin. Sometimes it serves the function of a billhead. [1913 Webster +PJC]