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                            ostrich fern
                        
                                                
                        
                            shuttlecock fern
                        
                                                
                        
                            fiddlehead
                        
                                                
                        
                            Matteuccia struthiopteris
                        
                                                
                        
                            Pteretis struthiopteris
                        
                                                
                        
                            Onoclea struthiopteris
                        
                                                
                                                    
                
                    
                    Definition: tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Definition: Matteuccia struthiopteris, a crown-forming, colony-forming fern occurring in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in eastern and northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.