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fiddlehead

noun

New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible

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10
Starts with
F
Ends with
D
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ID
Scrabble score
19

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noun

  1. New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible

noun

  1. Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes

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