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单词 fiddlehead
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fiddlehead

[ fid-l-hed ]
/ ˈfɪd lˌhɛd /

noun

Nautical. a billethead having a form similar to the volute carved at the upper end of a violin.
the young, coiled frond of various species of ferns, eaten as a vegetable.

Origin of fiddlehead

First recorded in 1790–1800; fiddle + head

Words nearby fiddlehead

fiddleback spider, fiddle bow, fiddle-de-dee, fiddle-faddle, fiddle-footed, fiddlehead, fiddle pattern, fiddler, fiddler beetle, fiddler crab, fiddlerfish
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Example sentences from the Web for fiddlehead

  • Those sleds are made of a single plank turned up at one end like a fiddlehead, and the baggage is lashed on in bags and sacks.

    The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume I (of 3)|Elliott Coues

British Dictionary definitions for fiddlehead

fiddlehead

fiddleneck

/ (ˈfɪdəlˌhɛd) /

noun

nautical an ornamental carving, in the shape of the scroll at the head end of a fiddle, fitted to the top of the stem or cutwater
US and Canadian the edible coiled tip of a young fern frond
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