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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.