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Definition of Fiddleheads
1. fiddlehead [n] - See also: fiddlehead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fiddleheads
Literary usage of Fiddleheads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Long Island Alive! by Francine Silverman (2002)
"fiddleheads features entertainment Tuesday through Thursday at 7pm and a jazz
brunch on Sunday. ... fiddleheads Oyster Bay 62 South Street •s 516-922-2999 ..."
2. Words, Words, Words: Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 4-12 by Janet Allen (1999)
"... "mess" of trout or a "mess" of fiddleheads, but I knew they weren't calling
me a quantity of food. Clearly I didn't understand their definition of mess. ..."
3. Our Ferns in Their Haunts: A Guide to All the Native Species by Willard Nelson Clute (1901)
"The young crosiers or " fiddleheads " begin to peep up in plashy pastures before
the grass has turned green and may be distinguished from all others by the ..."
4. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"Among the wild harvested spring greens and potherbs sold by mail order are miner's
lettuce, wild leeks (ramps), fiddleheads, cattail shoots, cattail kittens ..."
5. How to Make a Flower Garden: A Manual of Practical Information and Suggestions by Wilhelm Miller (1903)
"... cows by wheeling up through the pastures where they grazed barrow-loads of
unfolding fiddleheads. Among the ferns were planted the trillium, the pyrola, ..."
6. Nature-study: A Manual for Teachers and Students by Frederick Leopold Holtz (1908)
"... "fiddleheads" of the young fronds are interesting. On rocky ledges and cliffs
are found various ..."
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