fiddlehead

noun

fid·dle·head ˈfi-dᵊl-ˌhed

: one of the young coiled fronds of some ferns (such as the ostrich fern) that are often cooked and eaten as a vegetable

Before the tightly coiled frond of the young fern uncurls, it is called a fiddlehead because of its resemblance to the scrolled head of a violin.—

Maria Kourebanas

called also fiddlehead fern

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Potato gnocchi with Pennsylvania cinnamon fern fiddleheads. —

Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 13 Sep. 2023 Smaller groups will eat well with a lofty breakfast sandwich with house sausage, egg and cheese or elegant egg dishes paired with fiddlehead ferns and other seasonal delights, as well as excellent pour-over coffees made to order. —

oregonlive, 1 July 2022 The yard is carpeted with wild strawberries and fiddlehead ferns, its perimeter ringed with elderberry bushes. —

Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2021 Simeon ran his fingers along tall reedy stalks, feeling for the familiar curled tendrils of pohole (fiddlehead ferns). —

Elyse Inamine, Bon Appétit, 19 July 2021 See all Example Sentences for fiddlehead