fiddlehead

[fid-l-hed]

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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.

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Origin:
1790–1800; fiddle + head

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fiddlehead or fiddleneck (ˈfɪd^əlˌhɛd)

—n
1.	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
2.	(US), (Canadian) the edible coiled tip of a young fern frond

fiddleneck or fiddleneck

—n

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fiddlehead

"one with a head as hollow as a fiddle," 1887, from fiddle + head. As a name for young fern fronds, from 1882, from resemblance to a violins scroll.

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