DCHP-2

fiddlehead † The fiddlehead is chiefly associated in Canada with the Maritimes, especially New Brunswick, where the fronds of the ostrich fern are harvested and packaged for export as a delicacy. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.
the edible, tightly furled young frond of certain ferns, so called because of its shape.