tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
[ Syn: ostrich fern , shuttlecock fern , matteuccia struthiopteris , pteretis struthiopteris , onoclea struthiopteris ]
New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
[ Syn: cinnamon fern , fiddlehead fern , osmunda cinnamonea ]