noun
1. tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
• Syn: ↑ostrich fern, ↑shuttlecock fern, ↑Matteuccia struthiopteris, ↑Pteretis struthiopteris, ↑Onoclea struthiopteris
• Hypernyms: ↑fern
• Member Holonyms: ↑Matteuccia, ↑genus Matteuccia, ↑Pteretis, ↑genus Pteretis
2. New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
• Syn: ↑cinnamon fern, ↑fiddlehead fern, ↑Osmunda cinnamonea
• Hypernyms: ↑flowering fern, ↑osmund
Useful english dictionary. 2012.