fiddlehead
/ˈfɪdəlˌhɛd/
noun
- The curled, young frond of a fern, especially the ostrich fern, harvested as a vegetable and often eaten cooked.
- She sautéed the fiddleheads with garlic and butter for a side dish.
- In spring, foragers collect fiddleheads from the forest floor.
- Fiddleheads have a taste similar to asparagus or green beans.
- A decorative carving or scroll shaped like the head of a fiddle, often found on the prow of a ship or on furniture.
- The antique ship had a carved fiddlehead at the bow.
- The chair's armrest ended in an elegant fiddlehead scroll.
- He admired the fiddlehead ornament on the old violin case.